arab, Silurus Forsskål [P. S.] in Niebuhr 1775:xvi [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Al-Mukhā, Yemen, Red Sea. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155]. Originally as 'Arab. Boa vel Buju'; not intended as a species name, but as language abbreviation for 'Arabian vernacular'; name therefore not available -- (Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213]). •In the synonymy of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Dor 1984:51 [ref. 29757], Jayaram 2006:323 [ref. 28762], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:319 [ref. 28867]). •Not available, in the synonymy of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787) -- (Ferraris 2007:351 [ref. 29155] on Kottelat pers. comm., Fricke 2008:18 [ref. 30182], Fricke et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30213], Kottelat 2013:241 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg 1787). Plotosidae.