Species that contain: Arius and dussumieri [ 4 ] records

belangerii, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:71 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Mumbai, India. Holotype: MNHN. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:54 [ref. 29155]. •Species inquirenda in Ariidae -- (Ferraris 2007:54 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kottelat 2013:250 [ref. 32989] with question, Marceniuk et al. 2017:[4] [ref. 35522]). Current status: Synonym of Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: marine.

dussumieri, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:84 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Malabar, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9401. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:6 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Tachysurus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Jayaram & Dhanze 1979:48 [ref. 6800]). •Valid as Ariodes dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Taylor 1986:212 [ref. 6282]). •Valid as Arius dussumieri Valenciennes 1840 -- (Taylor 1986:154 [ref. 6195], Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860], Carpenter et al. 1997:121 [ref. 23922], Kailola 1999:1847 [ref. 24732] as "Arius", Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:239 [ref. 24754], Kailola in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122] as "Arius", Ng 2003:2 [ref. 27208], Ng & Sparks 2003:4 [ref. 27207], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377]). •Valid as Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 2004:142 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:92 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk et al. 2012:667 [ref. 32225], Kottelat 2013:250 [reg. 32989], Psomadakis et al. 2015:167 [ref. 34104], Marceniuk et al. 2017:[4] [ref. 35522], Fricke et al. 2018:62 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:131 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 8 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:310 [ref. 37272], Kailola 2022:197 [ref. 39697], Marceniuk et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Indonesia and Thailand. Habitat: brackish, marine.

goniaspis, Arius Bleeker [P.] 1857:44 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 3 (art. 9); ref. 359] Priaman, western Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1863.12.4.159 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:78 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Arius goniaspis Bleeker 1857 -- (Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860], Tan & Ng 1999:296 [ref. 24254]). •Probable synonym of "Arius" dussumieri Valenciennes 1840 -- (Kailola 1999:1847 [ref. 24732]). •Synonym of Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 2004:142 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:92 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:250 [reg. 32989], Marceniuk et al. 2017:[4] [ref. 35522]). Current status: Synonym of Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: freshwater.

kirkii, Arius Günther [A.] 1864:163, Fig. [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Shupanga, Zambezi River. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.1.9.54 (skin). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155], •Synonym of Arius dussumieri Valenciennes 1840 -- (Taylor 1986:154 [ref. 6195], Kailola 1999:1847 [ref. 24732] as "Arius"). •Synonym of Ariodes dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Taylor 1986:212 [ref. 6282]). •Synonym of Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:250 [reg. 32989], Marceniuk et al. 2017:[4] [ref. 35522], Kailola 2022:197 [ref. 39697]). Current status: Synonym of Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.