Species that contain: Plotosus and lineatus [ 13 ] 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.

brevibarbus, Plotosus Bessednov [L. N.] 1967:446, Fig. [Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 46; ref. 7942] Gulf of Tonkin, South China Sea, 21°10'N, 108°30'E, depth 29 meters. Holotype: TINRO 3667. Paratypes: TINRO 3667a (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Plotosus brevibarbus Bessednov 1967 -- (Dai in Chu et al. 1999:191 [ref. 24534], Prokofiev 2008:671 [ref. 29826]). •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

castaneoides, Plotosus Bleeker [P.] 1851:490 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 16898] Rio [Rhio or Riouw], Indonesia. Syntypes: (2) ? at RMNH. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]. Original as castaneoïdes. •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

castaneus, Plotosus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:421 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Mahé, Malabar, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8929. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:19 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196], Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ikapor, Plotoseus Lesson [R. P.] 1831:132, Poissons Pl. 31 (fig. 3) [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Offack Bay, Waigeo [Waigiou], Indonesia. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. Apparently appeared first in Lesson 1829:435, Dict. Classique Hist. Nat., v. 15 (still researching). •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155] dated 1826, Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:7 [ref. 29565]). 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, Plotoseus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:228, Pl. 104 (fig. 3) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Nagasaki Bay, Japan. Syntypes: RMNH 3089 (2), 3090 (96). Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:170 [ref. 12876]. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). 2°Homonym. Plotosidae. Distribution: Japan. Habitat: marine.

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.

lineatus, Silurus Thunberg [C. P.] 1787:31, footnote 13 [Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. ... Praesidae; ref. 17911] Eastern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ZMUU P 28555. Type catalog: Wallin 1996:62 [ref. 32133]. Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. Described in more detail in Thunberg 1791:191 [ref. 17913] with figure (Pl. 6) and Thunberg 1792:176, pl. 6 [ref. 30158]. Kottelat (2013) gives syntypes, including UUMZ 285.. •Valid as Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Gomon & Taylor 1982:2 [ref. 8475], Dor 1984:51 [ref. 29757], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:60 [ref. 6441], Taylor 1986:213 [ref. 6282], Taylor & Gomon 1986:160 [ref. 6196], Allen & Swainston 1988:36 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:226 [ref. 12442], Burgess 1989:180 [ref. 12860], Randall et al. 1990:48 [ref. 15987], Coad 1991:25 [ref. 15702], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:714 [ref. 20764], Kuiter 1993:38 [ref. 23929], Kottelat et al. 1993:82 [ref. 23448], Francis 1993:158 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:13 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:77 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:164 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:60 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:22 [ref. 26476] dated 1791, Larson & Williams 1997:349 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:123 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:34 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:48 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:63 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:85 [ref. 24106], Ferraris 1999:1883 [ref. 24731], Mizuno et al. 1999:6 [ref. 25311], Mishra et al. 1999:84 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:723 [ref. 25471], Tan & Ng 1999:298 [ref. 24254], Nakabo 2000:282 [ref. 25086], Ferraris in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:122 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:36 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:95 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:176 [ref. 25987], Kimura & Peristiwady in Matsuura & Peristiwady 2000:143 [ref. 27511], Sakai et al. 2001:88 [ref. 25693], Shimizu 2001:21 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:21 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:282 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:188, 525 [ref. 26218], Ng & Sparks 2002:564 [ref. 26377], Golani 2002:321 [ref. 26420], Allen & Adrim 2003:25 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S97 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:18 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:8 [ref. 27624], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:23 [ref. 27712], Tan & Lim 2004:109 [ref. 27716], Heemstra et al. 2004:3317 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:113 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:20 [ref. 37112], Randall 2005:61 [ref. 28239], Jayaram 2006:323 [ref. 28762] dated 1791, Hoese & Gates 2006:363 [ref. 28997], Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155], Yoshino & Kishimoto 2008:1 [ref. 29565], Prokofiev 2008:671 [ref. 29826], Yoshino in Yoshino & Kimura 2009:32 [ref. 30443], Caratini & Soriano 2011:75 [ref. 39915], Fricke et al. 2011:355 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:122 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:43 [ref. 32988] dated 1791, Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:42 [ref. 34464], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:412 [ref. 33460], Fricke et al. 2014:25 [ref. 33932], Psomadakis et al. 2015:168 [ref. 34104], Yoshino in Kimura et al. 2015:21 [ref. 34319], Kwun et al. 2017:141 [ref. 37287], Motomura et al. 2017:48 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:312 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:59 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:37 [ref. 36273], Yoshino in Kimura et al. 2018:51 [ref. 36460], Arndt & Fricke 2019:25 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:131 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:57 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:63 [ref. 36871], Bariche & Fricke 2020:146 [ref. 37515], Goren et al. 2020:[6] [ref. 37315], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 7 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:305 [ref. 37272], Abdurahman in Motomura et al. 2021:12 [ref. 38121], Golani 2021:22 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39014], Bayhan & Ergüden 2022:143 [ref. 39844], Beton & Huseyinoglu in Tiralongo et al. 2022:743 [ref. 39557], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:9 [ref. 40448], Holleman 2022:201 [ref. 39698], Çiçek et al. 2023:23 [ref. 40616]). Current status: Valid as Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to southern Korea, southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.

marginatus, Plotosus Anonymous [Bennett [E. T.]] 1830:691 [Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles; ref. 259] Sumatra, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.12.26.452 [ex Zool Soc.] (now 2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. On Code recommendation 51D, the anonymous author is listed in square brackets. •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196], 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.

thunbergianus, Plotosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:693, 694 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Syntypes: uuzm 285 (1) , ZMUC P 28555 (1). Indian Ocean. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:350 [ref. 29155]. Unneeded new name for Silurus lineatus Thunberg 1787. •Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Taylor & Gomon 1986:161 [ref. 6196], 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.

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.