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Plicofollis tenuispinis

Description

Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877)

? Arius layardi Günther, 1866: 474 [2], pl. 15. Type locality: Sri Lanka. Holotype: BMNH 1866.7.13.13

Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877: 466, pl. 107 (fig. 5). Type locality: Bombay, India. Holotype: ZSI F482.

Distribution: Eastern Africa and South and southeast Asia.

Countries: Pakistan, India and Malaysia.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 380 mm TL.

Material examined: CAS 127670 (1 al, 186 mm TL), Malaysia, Sabah state, Sandakan; LACM 38128 -47 (7 al, 190-226 mm TL) (1 c&s), Pakistan, Sind, Hawkes Bay, west of Karachi; LACM 38130-80 (13 al, 131- 226 mm TL) (1 c&s), Pakistan, Sind, 20 Km south of Paitiani, creek north of mouth of Turshian Creek.

Notes

Published as part of Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., pp. 1-126 in Zootaxa 1416 on page 96

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH , CAS , LACM , ZSI
Family
Ariidae
Genus
Plicofollis
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1866.7.13.13 , CAS 127670 , LACM 38128 , LACM 38130 - 80 , ZSI F 482
Order
Siluriformes
Phylum
Chordata
Species
tenuispinis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
Holotype