abbreviatus, Plotosus Boulenger [G. A.] 1895:247 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 15 (no. 87) (art. 31); ref. 14550] Mouth of Baram River, Sarawak state, Borneo, East Malaysia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1894.8.3.35. •Species inquirenda in Plotosus -- (Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Plotosus abbreviatus Boulenger 1895 -- (Kottelat & Lim 1996:243 [ref. 23210], Ferraris in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122], Ng & Sparks 2002:564 [ref. 26377], Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:7 [ref. 29565], Prokofiev 2008:671 [ref. 29826], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Plotosus abbreviatus Boulenger 1895. Plotosidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Borneo, Malaysia and South China Sea. Habitat: brackish.