verrucosus, Arius Ng [H. H.] 2003:3, Fig. 1 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 734; ref. 27208] Mekong River at Ban Hang Khone, just downstream from Khone Falls, Champasak, Laos. Holotype: UMMZ 235408. Paratypes: CAS 96570 (1); UMMZ 214609 (1), 214611 (1), 214619 (1), 232326 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:45 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hemiarius verrucosus (Ng 2003) -- (Kailola 2004:137 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:69 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:45 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:248 [ref. 32989], Taki et al. 2021:277 [ref. 39830], Marceniuk et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Hemiarius verrucosus (Ng 2003). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: middle and lower reaches of the Mekong River basin and possibly the lower Bang Pakong, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.