pluriradiatus, Macrones Vaillant [L. L.] 1892:126 [2] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (8th Série) v. 4 (no. 3); ref. 14518] Nam-Tiong-Kong River, tributary to Black River, near Poufang, Upper Tonkin, northern Vietnam. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1892-0048. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:27 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:90 [ref. 29155]. On p. 2 of separate. •Synonym of Hemibagrus elongatus (Günther 1864) -- (Mai 1978:250 [ref. 13511]). •Valid as Mystus pluriradiatus (Vaillant 1892) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Gao in Pan et al. 1991:316 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:148 [ref. 25213], Zheng in Chu et al. 1999:70 [ref. 24534], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:97 [ref. 26894] dated 1890). •Valid as Hemibagrus pluriradiatus (Vaillant 1892) -- (Mo 1991:132 [ref. 19952], Kottelat et al. 1998:567 [ref. 23920], Kottelat 2001:51 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2001:122 [ref. 25780], Ferraris 2007:90 [ref. 29155], Liu et al. 2012:648 [ref. 32220], Ng & Kottelat 2013:261 [ref. 32495], Kottelat 2013:260 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:182 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Hemibagrus pluriradiatus (Vaillant 1892). Bagridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: northern Laos, Vietnam and China. Habitat: freshwater.