arenarius, Bagrus (Ariodes) Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:9 [Horae Ichthyologicae No. 3; ref. 3073] China. Syntypes: ZMB 3001 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:34 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Arius arenarius (Müller & Troschel 1849) -- (Kailola 1999:1838 [ref. 24732], Kailola in Randall & Lim 2000:589 [ref. 25122], Kottelat 2001:56 [ref. 25482], Kailola 2004:127 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:15 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:34 [ref. 29155] as China only, Ng & Kottelat 2007:43 [ref. 29362], Kottelat 2013:246 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35490], Grant 2020:31 [ref. 37638], Marceniuk et al. 2023:27 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Arius arenarius (Müller & Troschel 1849). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: China, Vietnam and Philippines. Habitat: brackish, marine.