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Species in the genus Betancurichthys: [ 3 ] records

festinus, Arius Ng [H. H.] & Sparks [J. S.] 2003:5, Fig. 4 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 735; ref. 27207] Amboaboa River, near its confluence with the Mangarahara River (left bank tributary of the Sofia River), 15°50'01"S, 48°42'52"E, Madagascar. Holotype: UMMZ 239806. Paratypes: AMNH 211457 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:34 [ref. 29155], Fricke et al. 2018:61 [ref. 35805]. •Possibly valid as Ariopsis festinus (Ng & Sparks 2003) -- (Kailola 2004:126 [ref. 28108]). •Valid as Arius festinus Ng & Sparks 2003 -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:16 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:34 [ref. 29155], Fricke et al. 2018:61 [ref. 35805]). •Valid as Betancurichthys festinus (Ng & Sparks 2003) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2023:30 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Betancurichthys festinus (Ng & Sparks 2003). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: Amboaboa River drainage, northeastern Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

madagascariensis, Arius Vaillant [L. L.] 1894:77 [10] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (8th Série) v. 6; ref. 14567] Murundava River, western Madagascar. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1894-0002. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:8 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:35 [ref. 29155], Fricke et al. 2018:61 [ref. 35805]. Page 10 of separate. •Valid as Arius madagascariensis Vaillant 1894 -- (Taylor 1986:156 [ref. 6195], Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Ng & Sparks 2003:9 [ref. 27207], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:18 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:35 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk et al. 2012:665 [ref. 32225], Fricke et al. 2018:61 [ref. 35805]). •Possibly valid as Ariopsis madagascariensis (Vaillant 1894) -- (Kailola 2004:126 [ref. 28108]). •Valid as Betancurichthys madagascariensis (Vaillant 1894) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2023:30 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Betancurichthys madagascariensis (Vaillant 1894). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Southwestern Indian Ocean: western Madagascar [African records in error]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

uncinatus, Arius Ng [H. H.] & Sparks [J. S.] 2003:12, Fig. 7 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 735; ref. 27207] Lake Andrapongy, near Antsohihy, Madagascar. Holotype: MHNG 2622.81. Paratypes: AMNH 211458 (1), MHNG 2537.66 (6), UMMZ 238058 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155], Fricke et al. 2018:61 [ref. 35805]. •Possibly valid as Ariopsis uncinatus (Ng & Sparks 2003) -- (Kailola 2004:126 [ref. 28108]). •Valid as Arius uncinatus Ng & Sparks 2003 -- (Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155], Fricke et al. 2018:61 [ref. 35805]). •Valid as Betancurichthys uncinatus (Ng & Sparks 2003) -- (Marceniuk et al. 2023:30 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Betancurichthys uncinatus (Ng & Sparks 2003). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Lake Andrapongy, northwestern Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.