Osteogeneiosus militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

(fig. 71)

Silurus militaris ^ZBK Linnaeus, 1758: 305. Type locality: Asia. No types known.

Osteogeneiosus macrocephalus ^ZBK Bleeker, 1846: 173. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.4.51, NMV 45847.

Osteogeneiosus ingluvies ^ZBK Bleeker, 1846: 174. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Osteogeneiosus longiceps ^ZBK Bleeker, 1846: 174. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.

Osteogeneiosus gracilis ^ZBK Bleeker, 1846: 175. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. No types known.

Osteogeneiosus blochii ^ZBK Bleeker, 1846: 175. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. No types known.

Osteogeneiosus valenciennesi ^ZBK Bleeker, 1846: 175. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.12.4.53, NMV 46593-94.

Osteogeneiosus cantoris ^ZBK Bleeker, 1854: 120, pl. 2 (fig. 4). Type locality: Hooghly River, Calcutta, India. Syntypes: RMNH 607.

Osteogeneiosus sthenocephalus Day, 1877: 469, pl. 108 (fig. 3). Type locality: Moulmein, Myanmar. Holotype: ZSI 1263.

Distribution: South and southeast Asia.

Countries: Pakistan, India Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 310 mm TL.

Material examined: LACM 38116-36 (4 al), Pakistan, fish market in Karschi; UMMZ 214628 (10 al, 71- 186 mm TL) (1 c&s), Vietnam, Ba Xuyen prov, mouth of Bassac River, 2.5 km SE of Truong Binh, Mekong River drainage; USNM 207092 (7 al, 78-125 mm TL), India .