Species that contain: Plotosus and limbatus [ 3 ] records

limbatus, Plotosus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:422 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Malabar, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-9546. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-8922 (2), A-9547 (1), 1580 (2), B-2780 (2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:20 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Gomon & Taylor 1982:9 [ref. 8475]. •Valid as Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Gomon & Taylor 1982:7 [ref. 8475], Taylor & Gomon 1986:160 [ref. 6196], Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:714 [ref. 20764], Randall 1995:76 [ref. 22896], Ng & Sparks 2002:564 [ref. 26377], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Jayaram 2006:322 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155], Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:7 [ref. 29565], Psomadakis et al. 2015:168 [ref. 34104], Holleman 2022:200 [ref. 39698]). Current status: Valid as Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes 1840. Plotosidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Kenya, southern Oman and Comoros east to southern India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater, 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.

obscurus, Copidoglanis Günther [A.] 1864:26 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Probably Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.164. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. Second specimen doubtfully included and therefore not a type. •Synonym of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Gomon & Taylor 1982:7 [ref. 8475], Taylor & Gomon 1986:160 [ref. 6196], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes 1840. Plotosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.