Species that contain: Wallago and attu [ 9 ] records

attu, Silurus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:378, Pl. 75 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Malabar, India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 8783 (dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:139 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:380 [ref. 29155] See also Silurus athu as second original spelling; first reviser Bleeker 1858:263 [ref. 365] selected attu. •Valid as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Shrestha 1978:38 [ref. 15970], Coad 1981:16 [ref. 22348], Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:165 [ref. 24860], Pethiyagoda 1991:139 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:590 [ref. 20764], Indra 1991:241 [ref. 24005], Kottelat et al. 1993:71 [ref. 23448], Sen 1995:566 [ref. 23778], Zhu 1995:143 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:151 [ref. 22772], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:91 [ref. 24534], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:157 [ref. 24759], Menon 1999:214 [ref. 24904], Freyhof et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25184], Rafique 2000:326 [ref. 25220], Mirza 2000:356 [ref. 25207], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Karmakar 2000:32 [ref. 25662], Kottelat 2001:128 [ref. 25780], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Rafique et al. 2003:98 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:20 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:20 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:185 [ref. 31338], Ng 2004:92 [ref. 27505], Jayaram 2006:112 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:380 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:154 [ref. 29923], Patra 2011:1612 [ref. 31232], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989], Roberts 2014:36 [ref. 33394], Suresh et al. 2018:125 [ref. 36495], Fu et al. 2021:9571 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:258 [ref. 39830], Kosygin et al. 2022:664 [ref. 40736], Çiçek et al. 2023:41 [ref. 40326], Gupta et al. 2024:101 [ref. 41453]). Current status: Valid as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Distribution: South Asia and Southeast Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Yunnan (China), Thailand, Java (Indonesia). IUCN (2019): Vulnerable. Habitat: freshwater.

boalis, Silurus Hamilton [F.] 1822:154, 375, Pl. 29 (fig. 49) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Rivers all over India. Syntypes: BMNH 1858.8.15.76 (2) Ganges. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 86 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:214 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:112 [ref. 28762], Ataur Rahman 2003:185 [ref. 31338], Ferraris 2007:380-281 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989], Roberts 2014:36 [ref. 33394]). Current status: Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.

hexanema, Silurodon Kner [R.] 1866:546 [4] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 53; ref. 2636] Shanghai, China [probably erroneus, Haig 1952:80]. Holotype: at NMW. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]. On p. 4 of separate. •Valid as Wallago hexanema (Kner 1866) -- (Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860]). •Species inquirenda in Wallago -- (Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Wallago attu (as Schneider 1801) -- (Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Uncertain as Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Distribution: China. Habitat: freshwater.

kanpurensis, Pinniwallago Gupta [S. K.], Jayaram [K. C.] & Hajela [K. P.] 1981:290, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 77 (pt 2); ref. 1959] 'Bara Tal' near village of Bhitargaon, Tehsil, Ghatampur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Holotype: ZSI FF1443. Paratypes: ZSI FF1444 (1), Mus. Zool. Dept. D.A.V. Coll., Kanpur (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155]. See Das 2003:381 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:215 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Pinniwallago kanpurensis Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela 1981 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:586 [ref. 20764], Jayaram 2006:114 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Pinniwallago kanpurensis Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela 1981. Siluridae. Distribution: Uttar Pradesh, India. Habitat: freshwater.

macrostomus, Silurus (Callichrus) Swainson [W.] 1839:306 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]. Based on Ham. 154, pl. 29. f. 49 -- which is Hamilton 1822:154, Pl. 29 (fig. 49) [ref. 2031]. Unneeded new name for Silurus boalis Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Jayaram 2006:113 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.

muelleri, Silurus Bleeker [P.] 1846:289 [Natuur-en Geneeskundig Archief voor Neȇrlandsch Indië v. 3 (2); ref. 19349] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4) whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]. Originally as mülleri. •Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:214 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989], Roberts 2014:36 [ref. 33394]). Current status: Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.

russellii, Wallago Bleeker [P.] 1853:108 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 8); ref. 341] Hooghly River, Calcutta, India; Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (4). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:226 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:214 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989], Roberts 2014:36 [ref. 33394]). Current status: Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.

valeya, Wallago attu Deraniyagala [P. E. P.] 1953:45 [Spolia Zeylanica v. 27 (pt 1); ref. 12691] Yakvala, Western Province, Sri Lanka. Holotype: NMSL FF187. Type information: Pethiyagoda 1991:336 [ref. 20075]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]. Described as a race, but in main heading author used "ssp. nov." so it is regarded as an available name. •Synonym of Silurus attu Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:590 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989], Roberts 2014:36 [ref. 33394]). Current status: Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.

wallagoo, Silurus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Russell) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:354 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Coromandel, Calcutta, Vizagatam, India; Myanmar. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:214 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:113 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:381 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Wallago attu (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.