phrygiatus, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:79 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Suriname. Holotype (unique): RMNH 3308. Type catalog: Boeseman 1972:298 [ref. 19698], Ferraris 2007:32 [ref. 29155]. Holotype is also holotype of Arius dieperinki Bleeker 1862. •Valid as Arius phrygiatus Valenciennes 1840 -- (Burgess 1989:169 [ref. 12860], Cervigón 1991:138 [ref. 24472], Cervigón 1992:258 [ref. 23827], Le Bail et al. 2000:22 [ref. 24549], Camargo & Isaac 2001:145 [ref. 27639] as cf. phrygiatus, Acero P. 2003:842 [ref. 26998], Marceniuk & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:447 [ref. 27061], Marceniuk & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:41 [ref. 27192], Marceniuk 2005:95 [ref. 28718]). •Likely a Notarius -- (Betancur-R. & Acero P. 2004:11-12 [ref. 28008]). •Valid as cf. Arius phrygiatus Valenciennes 1840, but genus uncertain -- (Kailola 2004:145 [ref. 28108]). •Incertae sedis in Ariidae -- (Ferraris 2007:32 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Amphiarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:12 [ref. 29031], Marceniuk & Birindelli 2010:61 [ref. 30960], Marceniuk et al. 2012:638 [ref. 32225], Marceniuk in Marceniuk et al. 2021:163 [ref. 38945]). •Valid as Notarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Betancur-R. et al. 2007:349 [ref. 29268], Marceniuk et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Notarius phrygiatus (Valenciennes 1840). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Atlantic coastal rivers and estuaries from Guyana to mouth of Amazon River (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.