grandicassis, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:54, Pl. 427 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Guyana. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-4608. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:15 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:50 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Arius grandicassis Valenciennes 1840 -- (Shimizu in Uyeno et al. 1983:157 [ref. 14275], Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860], Cervigón 1991:133 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:257 [ref. 23827], Aguilera 1998:47 [ref. 24221] as grandicasis, Le Bail et al. 2000:14 [ref. 24549], Camargo & Isaac 2001:145 [ref. 27639], Acero P. & Betancur-R. 2002:10 [ref. 26521], Acero P. 2003:841 [ref. 26998]). •Valid as Hemiarius grandicassis (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 2004:137 [ref. 28108]). •Valid as Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Marceniuk & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:452 [ref. 27061], Marceniuk & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27192], Marceniuk 2005:98 [ref. 28718], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:82 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:50 [ref. 29155], Betancur-R. et al. 2007:349 [ref. 29268], Marceniuk et al. 2012:667 [ref. 32225], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Marceniuk et al. 2017:278 [ref. 35197], Spier et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36103], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:169 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:73 [ref. 40480], Marceniuk et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40422], Lutz et al. 2024:8 [ref. 41548]). Current status: Valid as Notarius grandicassis (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: South America: Gulf of Venezuela to mouth of Amazon River (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.