coatesi, Arius Kailola [P. J.] 1990:18, Fig. 5 [Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. No. 34; ref. 19337] Market at Angoram, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Holotype: AMS I.25405-001. Paratypes: AMS I.25405-002 (1); KFRS F03995 (1, not found), FO4108 (1, missing 2/03); QM I.21673 (1); WAM P.28221-001 (3, not 4). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:8 [ref. 19335], Ferraris 2007:47 [ref. 29155], Moore et al. 2008:7 [ref. 30117]. Specimens not found in KFRS (Pogonoski, Appleyard & White, pers. comm. 9/18/2016). •Valid as Arius coatesi Kailola 1990 -- (Allen & Coates 1990:57 [ref. 25561], Allen 1991:52 [ref. 21090], Allen et al. 1992:298 [ref. 21400], Burgess & Finley 1996:165 [ref. 22901], Kailola 2000:127 [ref. 25113]). •Valid as Ariopsis coatesi (Kailola 1990) -- (Kailola 2004:126 [ref. 28108]). •Valid as Neoarius coatesi (Kailola 1990) -- (Ferraris 2007:47 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Potamosilurus coatesi (Kailola 1990) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:101 [ref. 29031], Marceniuk et al. 2023:48 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Potamosilurus coatesi (Kailola 1990). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Sepik River basin, Papua New Guinea. Habitat: freshwater.