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.