papuensis, Plotosus Weber [M.] 1910:228 [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 32 (pt. 4) (art. 28); ref. 14597] Lorentz River, southern New Guinea. Syntypes: FMNH 52494 [ex CM 752] (1); ZMA 111093-97 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 111098-100 (3, 1, 1), 111513 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:60-61 [ref. 19236], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:67 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Plotosus papuensis Weber 1910 -- (Roberts 1978:45 [ref. 8886], Gomon & Taylor 1982:2 [ref. 8475], Allen 1991:66 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 2000:61 [ref. 27467], Ng & Sparks 2002:564 [ref. 26377], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:7 [ref. 29565], Allen et al. 2008:67 [ref. 30265]). Current status: Valid as Plotosus papuensis Weber 1910. Plotosidae. Distribution: Central-southern New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Habitat: freshwater.