WoRMS taxon details
Plicofollis polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846)
282300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282300)
accepted
Species
Arius polystaphilodon Bleeker, 1846 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846 · unaccepted
Tachysurus polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846) Bleeker, P. (1846). Siluroideorum bataviensium conspectus diagnosticus. [Inside title: Overzigt der Siluroieden, welke te Batavia voorkomen.]. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 21 (art. 5): 1-60. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Plicofollis polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282300 on 2026-11-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846) Bleeker, P. (1846). Siluroideorum bataviensium conspectus diagnosticus. [Inside title: Overzigt der Siluroieden, welke te Batavia voorkomen.]. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 21 (art. 5): 1-60. [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Mozambique sea catfish [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Arius polystaphilodon Bleeker, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicofollis polystaphylodon)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius polystaphilodon Bleeker, 1846)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Tachysurus polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595399) (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Arius polystaphilodon Bleeker, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicofollis polystaphylodon)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius polystaphilodon Bleeker, 1846)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Tachysurus polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846))
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2595399) (from synonym Arius polystaphylodon Bleeker, 1846)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
