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.