Species that contain: Arius and gagora [ 4 ] records

gagora, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:167, 376, Pl. 10 (fig. 54) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Bengal estuaries, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:34 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 93 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton 1822) -- (Jayaram & Dhanze 1979:48 [ref. 6800], Ataur Rahman 1989:232 [ref. 24860]). •Valid as Arius gagora (Hamilton 1822) -- (Burgess 1989:168 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:702 [ref. 20764], Kailola 1999:1848 [ref. 24732], Kailola in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122], Ataur Rahman 2003:255 [ref. 31338] as arias, Kailola 2004:127 [ref. 28108], Jayaram 2006:342 [ref. 28762], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:17 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:34 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk et al. 2012:665 [ref. 32225], Kottelat 2013:246 [ref. 32989], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 7 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:306 [ref. 37272], Kailola 2022:187 [ref. 39697], Marceniuk et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Arius gagora (Hamilton 1822). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean, South Asia, Southeast Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

jella, Arius Day [F.] 1877:467, Pl. 106 (fig. 3) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] Madras, Coromandel Coast, India. Syntypes: ZSI 1304 (1, figured specimen). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762], Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155]. •Probable synonym of Arius gagora (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kailola 1999:1848 [ref. 24732]). •Species inquirenda in Arius -- (Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Arius gagoa (Hamilton 1922) -- (Kottelat 2013:246 [ref. 32989] with question). •Valid as Arius jella Day 1877 -- (Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:8 [ref. 27710], Kailola 2004:127 [ref. 28108] with question, Jayaram 2006:343 [ref. 28762], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:17 [ref. 29031], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 8 [ref. 38321], Kailola 2022:187 [ref. 39697], Marceniuk et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Arius jella Day 1877. Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: southwestern India and Sri Lanka to Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

macracanthus, Arius Günther [A.] 1864:167, Fig. [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Thailand. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1862.11.1.222. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155]. See Kailola 1999:1848 [ref. 24732]. •Valid as Arius macracanthus Günther 1864 -- (Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Kailola 2004:127 [ref. 28108] with question). •Species inquirenda in Arius -- (Ferraris 2007:36 [ref. 29155]). •Synonymy of Arius gagora (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:246 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Arius gagora (Hamilton 1822). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

sinensis, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:72 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Da Nang, Vietnam, South China Sea, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): ?MNHN B 2620. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:55 [ref. 29155], Grant 2020:31 [ref. 37638]. •Synonym of Arius maculatus (Thunberg 1792) -- (Kailola 2004:127 [ref. 28108], Kottelat 2013:246 [ref. 32989]). •Species inquirenda in Ariidae -- (Ferraris 2007:55 [ref. 29155]). •Possible synonym of Arius gagora (Hamilton 1822) -- (Grant 2020:31 [ref. 37638]). Current status: Uncertain as Arius maculatus (Thunberg 1792). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.