Species that contain: Sperata and seenghala [ 5 ] records

aorellus, Bagrus Blyth [E.] 1858:283 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 476] Calcutta fish market, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Aorichthys seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Menon 1999:209 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Sperata aorella (Blyth 1858) -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:413 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:29 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155], Kumar et al. 2020:[11] [ref. 37905], Shangningam et al. 2020:5 [ref. 38665]). Current status: Valid as Sperata aorella (Blyth 1858). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Ganges River (India and Bangladesh); Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Western Ghats (India). Habitat: freshwater.

aorinus, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Jacquemont 1840:no p., Pl. 17 (fig. 1-1a) [Voyage dans l'Inde pendant les années 1828 à 1832; ref. 17872] India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Sperata seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:416 [ref. 24039], Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sperata seenghala (Sykes 1839). Bagridae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

lamarrii, Bagrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:407, Pl. 415 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Ganges River, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9343 (mounted). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:26 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Mystus seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Coad 1981:15 [ref. 22348]). •Synonym of Aorichthys seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Menon 1999:209 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Sperata seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:416 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:31 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Sperata lamarrii (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Kumar et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37905]). Current status: Valid as Sperata lamarrii (Valenciennes 1840). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, northern India, Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

sarwari, Aorichthys aor Mirza [M. R.], Nawaz [H.] & Javed [M. N.] 1992:211, Fig. 1 [Pakistan Journal of Zoology v. 24 (no. 3); ref. 21080] Ravi River at Head Balloki, Kasur District, Pakistan. Holotype: GCM F-19. Paratypes: not listed. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Aorichthys aor (Hamilton 1822), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901]). •Valid as Sperata sarwari (Mirza, Nawaz & Javed 1992) -- (Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:18 [ref. 27265]). •Synonym of Sperata seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:416 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:33 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Sperata seenghala (Sykes 1839). Bagridae. Distribution: Indus River basin: Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Habitat: freshwater.

seenghala, Platystoma Sykes [W. H.] 1839:164 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Deccan, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:61 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:371, Pl. 65 (fig. 2) [ref. 18868]. •Valid as Mystus seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Shrestha 1978:38 [ref. 15970], Ataur Rahman 1989:198 [ref. 24860]). •Valid as Aorichthys seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:548 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:129 [ref. 19952], Mirza et al. 1992:211 [ref. 21080], Sen 1995:558 [ref. 23778], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:171 [ref. 24760], Menon 1999:209 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711], Shrestha 2008:146 [ref. 29923]). •Valid as Sperata seenghala (Sykes 1839) -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:416 [ref. 24039], Mirza 2000:356 [ref. 25207], Ataur Rahman 2003:218 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:31 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:107 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989], Kumar et al. 2020:[8] [ref. 37905], Kosygin et al. 2022:668 [ref. 40736], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484], Çiçek et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Sperata seenghala (Sykes 1839). Bagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Ganges River system and peninsular India (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.