Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Author Alexandre P. Marceniuk Author Naércio A. Menezes text Zootaxa 2007 1416 1 126 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFC65592-D8DB-41BE-AEAC-A41EAB6C6185 journal article z01416p001 Plicofollis tenuispinis (Day, 1877) ? Arius layardi Guenther , 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 .