ferruginosus, Geneiates Tickell [S. R.] in Day 1888:804 [The fishes of India Suppl.; ref. 1082] Not available, manuscript name mentioned in synonymy of Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel 1846 (see Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:23 [ref. 24448]). Nomen Nudum. Ophidiidae: Brotulinae.