WoRMS taxon details
Plicofollis layardi (Günther, 1866)
1043427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1043427)
accepted
Species
Arius layardi Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916 · unaccepted
Arius tennuispinis Day, 1877 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hemipimelodus tenuispinis (Day, 1877) · unaccepted
Netuma tenuispinus (Day, 1877) · unaccepted
Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877) · unaccepted
Tachysurus satparanus (Chaudhuri, 1916) · unaccepted
Tachysurus tenuispinis (Day, 1877) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arius layardi Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Description of a new siluroid fish from Ceylon. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 18 (no. 108): 473-474, Pl. 15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936608679686 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Plicofollis layardi (Günther, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1043427 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877) Day, F. (1877). The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 3: 369-552, Pls. 79-138.
page(s): 466, Pl. 107 (fig. 5) [details]
original description (of Arius layardi Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Description of a new siluroid fish from Ceylon. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 18 (no. 108): 473-474, Pl. 15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936608679686 [details]
original description (of Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 466, Pl. 107 (fig. 5) [details]
original description (of Arius layardi Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Description of a new siluroid fish from Ceylon. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3).</em> v. 18 (no. 108): 473-474, Pl. 15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936608679686 [details]
original description (of Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916) Chaudhuri, B. L. (1916). Fauna of the Chilka Lake. Fish. Part I. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 4): 403-439. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | thinspine sea catfish [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicofollis layardi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicofollis tenuispinis) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipimelodus tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius layardi Günther, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus satparanus (Chaudhuri, 1916))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius tennuispinis Day, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877)
To Fishbase (from synonym Netuma tenuispinus (Day, 1877))
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Arius layardi Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877)
To NHMUK collection (Arius layardi Günther, 1866; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2599248) (from synonym Arius layardi Günther, 1866)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plicofollis tenuispinis FIN026684 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plicofollis tenuispinis FIN026685 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicofollis layardi)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicofollis tenuispinis) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipimelodus tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius layardi Günther, 1866)
To FishBase (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus satparanus (Chaudhuri, 1916))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius tennuispinis Day, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius satparanus Chaudhuri, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877)
To Fishbase (from synonym Netuma tenuispinus (Day, 1877))
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Arius layardi Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Arius tenuispinis Day, 1877)
To NHMUK collection (Arius layardi Günther, 1866; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2599248) (from synonym Arius layardi Günther, 1866)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plicofollis tenuispinis FIN026684 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Plicofollis tenuispinis FIN026685 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877))
