malabaricus, Silurus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:353 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN B-0607 (2, poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:21 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:372 [ref. 29155]. •Doubtfully valid as Ompok malabaricus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Ompok malabaricus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:583 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:217 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Arunachalam et al. 2003:421 [ref. 41128], Jayaram 2006:107 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:372 [ref. 29155] Ng & Hadiaty 2009:56 [ref. 30458], Ng 2013:166 [ref. 32814], Sudasinghe & Meegaskumbura 2016:270 [ref. 34695], Narasimhaiah et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34975], Singh et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41891], Chowdhury et al. 2025:39 [ref. 41963]). Current status: Valid as Ompok malabaricus (Valenciennes 1840). Siluridae. Distribution: South Asia: western Peninsular India. Introduced in West Bengal (India). Habitat: freshwater.