Species that contain: Plicofollis and tenuispinis [ 3 ] records

layardi, Arius Günther [A.] 1866:474 [2], Pl. 15 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 18 (no. 108); ref. 18186] Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1866.7.12.12. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:51 [ref. 29155]. On p. 2 of separate. •Probable synonym of "Arius" argyropleuron (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 1999:1839 [ref. 24732]). •Questionably the same as Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day 1877) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:96 [ref. 29031]). •Synonym of Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Ferraris 2007:51 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Plicofollis layardi (Günther 1866) -- (Kailola 2004:142 [ref. 28108], Coad 2010:224 [ref. 36620], Kottelat 2013:250 [reg. 32989], Psomadakis et al. 2015:167 [ref. 34104], Marceniuk et al. 2017:[4] [ref. 35522], Ali et al. 2018:312 [ref. 36183], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 8 [ref. 38321], Kailola 2022:197 [ref. 39697], Marceniuk et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Plicofollis layardi (Günther 1866). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to Myanmar. Habitat: brackish, marine.

satparanus, Arius Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1916:430, Figs. 6-8 [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 5 (no. 4); ref. 15053] Channel between Satpara and Barnikuda, Chilka Lake, Orissa, India. Holotype: ZSI F8784/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:125 [ref. 20743], Ferraris 2007:56 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Tachysurus satparanus Chaudhuri 1916 -- (Jayaram & Dhanze 1979:48 [ref. 6800]). •Valid as Arius satparanus Chaudhuri 1916 -- (Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:706 [ref. 20764]). •Probable synonym of "Arius" argyropleuron (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kailola 1999:1839 [ref. 24732]). •Synonym of Arius tenuispinis Day 1877 -- (Jayaram 2006:349 [ref. 28762]). •Synonym of Plicofilis argyropleuron (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:92 [ref. 29031] with Kuhl & van Hasselt as authors in main heading). •Species inquirenda in Ariidae -- (Ferraris 2007:56 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Plicofollis layardi (Günther 1866) -- (Kailola 2004:142 [ref. 28108], Kottelat 2013:250 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Plicofollis layardi (Günther 1866). Ariidae: Ariinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tenuispinis, Arius Day [F.] 1877:466, Pl. 107 (fig. 5) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] Mumbai, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI F482. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:162 [ref. 23762], Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Tachysurus tenuispinis (Day 1877) -- (Jayaram & Dhanze 1979:49 [ref. 6800]). •Valid as Arius tenuispinis Day 1877 -- (Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:705 [ref. 20764], Randall 1995:75 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:160 [ref. 27969], Carpenter et al. 1997:122 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Jayaram 2006:349 [ref. 28762]). •Synonym of Plicofollis layardi (Günther 1866) -- (Kailola 2004:142 [ref. 28108]). •Synonym of Plicofollis layardi (Günther 1866) -- (Kailola 2004:142 [ref. 28108], Kottelat 2013:250 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day 1877) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:96 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:52 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk et al. 2012:668 [ref. 32225], Eagderi et al. 2019:131 [ref. 37020], Marceniuk et al. 2023:27 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day 1877). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: East Africa and Persian Gulf east to western Malaya (Malaysia). Habitat: brackish, marine.