argyropleuron, Arius Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:104 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 3041. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:51 [ref. 29155]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:65 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Arius argyropleuron Valenciennes 1840 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:218 [ref. 12442], Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860], Kottelat et al. 1993:79 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:243 [ref. 23210], Larson & Williams 1997:348 [ref. 23967], Kailola 1999:1839 [ref. 24732] as "Arius", Tan & Ng 1999:295 [ref. 24254], Kailola in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122] as "Arius", Kailola 2000:127 [ref. 25113], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Ng 2003:10 [ref. 27208]). •Valid as Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 2004:142 [ref. 28108], Hoese & Gates 2006:355 [ref. 28997], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:92 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:51 [ref. 29155], Larson et al. 2013:40 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:250 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:45 [ref. 34464], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2015:24 [ref. 34319], Motomura et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35490], Marceniuk et al. 2017:[4] [ref. 35522], Marceniuk et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific/South and southeast Asia; southern New Guinea and northern Australia: Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand. Habitat: brackish, marine.