Species that contain: Plotosus and anguillaris [ 5 ] records

anguillaris, Platystacus Bloch [M. E.] 1794:61, Pl. 373 (figs. 1, 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8; ref. 463] No locality [Tharangambadi, India]. Lectotype: ZMB 3078. Paralectotypes: ZMB 3079 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:116 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. On p. 36 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 11 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Taylor & Gomon 1986:160 [ref. 6196]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:274 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch 1794) -- (Ni & Wu in Kuang et al. 1986:170 [ref. 26639] dated 1797, Wu & Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:293 [ref. 23876], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:190 [ref. 24534]). •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Dor 1984:51 [ref. 29757], Taylor & Gomon 1986:160 [ref. 6196], Paxton et al. 1989:226 [ref. 12442], Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Randall et al. 1990:48 [ref. 15987], Golani 2002:322 [ref. 26420], Jayaram 2006:323 [ref. 28762], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:319 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Gates 2006:363 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155], Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:6 [ref. 29565], Prokofiev 2008:671 [ref. 29826], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:59 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:131 [ref. 37020], Holleman 2022:201 [ref. 39698]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

arab, Plotosus Bleeker [P.] (ex Forsskål) 1862:111 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 14; ref. 387] Tranquebar, India. Syntypes: at MNHN, ZMB 3078 (1), 3079 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]. Appeared as an unexplained substitute as "Plotosus arab Blkr = Plotosus anguillaris Lac." Appeared with description and figure in Bleeker 1863:98, Pl. 95 (fig. 2) with Silurus arab Forsskål 1775 in synonymy; regarded as not available, a new combination for Silurus arab Forsskål if Forsskål's name is regarded as available. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182]. •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196], Golani 2002:322 [ref. 26420], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:59 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Holleman 2022:201 [ref. 39698]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

limbatus, Plotosus Richardson [J.] 1846:283 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. Holotype (unique): Cambridge Philosophical Inst. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied in Plotosus by Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes 1840. •Synonym of Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch 1794) -- (Wu & Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:293 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (authors). •Species inquirenda in Bagridae -- (Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]). 2°Homonym. Bagridae.

lineatus, Plotosus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:412 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Syntypes: MNHN A-8932 (11 or 10) Malabar, A-8930 (1) Mauritius, A-8936 (1) Mauritius, A-8931 (2) Trincomalee. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:19 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]. •A subjective synonym and junior secondary homonym of Silurus lineatus Thunberg 1787 -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196]). •Synonym of Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch 1794) -- (Wu & Zhong in Pan et al. 1991:293 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Seychelles, Malabar, Mauritius (Mascarenes), Trincomalee, Puducherry; Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia; Sulawesi, Society Islands, and Philippines. Habitat: brackish, marine.

vittatus, Plotosus Swainson [W.] 1839:307 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Tranquebar, India. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. Based on Bl. 373. fig. 1 -- which is Bloch 1794: Pl. 373 (fig. 1) [ref. 4868]. •An objective synonym of Platystacus anguillaris Bloch 1794 -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196]). •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155], Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:7 [ref. 29565], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.