Netuma thalassinus ( Rüppell, 1837)

(fig. 67)

Bagrus thalassinus ^ZBK Rüppell, 1837: 75, pl. 20 (fig. 2). Type locality: Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea . Syntypes: SMF 544, 5414, 2627, 5740.

Bagrus netuma ^ZBK Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840a: 438, pl. 417. Type locality: Pondcherry, India. Syntypes: MNHN A-9345.

Bagrus laevigatus ^ZBK Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840a: 439. Type locality: Red Sea. Holotype: MNHN B- 0710.

Arius nasutus ^ZBK Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 60. Type locality: Java, Indonesia; Malabar, India; Red Sea. Syntypes: MNHN a-9409, Red Sea, RMNH D2390, Java .

Catastoma nasutum ^ZBK Kuhl & van Hasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 60.

Bagrus carchariorhynchos ^ZBK Bleeker, 1871: 291. Type locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype: RMNH 6885.

Sarcogenys rostratus ^ZBK Kuhl & van Hasselt in Bleeker, 1858: 96.

Arius andamanensis ^ZBK Day, 1871: 69, in part. Type locality: Andman Island . Syntypes: AMS B.7931, ZSI FI307.

Arius serratus ^ZBK Day, 1877: 462, pl. 105 (fig. 3), in part. Type locality: Port Jackson, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Holotype: ZSI 467.

Ariodes aeneus ^ZBK Sauvage, 1883: 462. Type locality: Singapore. Syntypes: MNHN A-5155.

Netuma thalassina jacksonensis ^ZBK Whitley, 1941: 12, fig. 8 (Nos. 1-2). Type locality: Port Jackson, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Holotype: AMS I.10095. Paratypes: AMS I.4689.

Distribution: Eastern Africa, south and southeast Asia to New Guinea and Australia.

Countries: India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Habitat: Mostly marine waters.

Maximum size: 1.800 mm TL.

Material examined: UMMZ 214610 (4 al), Vietnam, Bac Lieu, South China Sea, Paknam Sta. 13, 39 km SE of Bac Lieu province, Mekong River Plume; UMMZ 214630 (3 al) (1 c&s), Vietnam, Bac Lieu, south China Sea, Paknam Sta. 13, 39 km SE of Bac Lieu province, Mekong River Plume .