I COULD GIVE SCIENTIFIC NAME TO BLACK STINGING CATFISH OF KERALA (MALAYALAM NAME- KAARI) AS HETEROPNEUSTES FUSCUS. MY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL - BIODIVERSITAS (INDONESIA). ZOO BANK REGISTER NUMBERS FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE FOR THIS SPECIES AND FOR THE ARTICLE AS FOLLOWS: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EEA22A30-3D84-4CAA-982C-998CC0258A9F urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:753D5454-0260-488E-9444-DD5D9BA3B52A GENBANK NO OF ITS DNA SEQUENCES---MZ848411 GOVT. OF INDIA MUSEUM REG. NO.-- ZSI/WRC/P/ P/5545 & ZSI/WRC/P/ P/5546. HETEROPNEUSTES FUSCUS HAS BEEN MISIDENTIFIED AS HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS UNTIL NOW, (HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS IS A CATFISH FROM TRANQUEBAR IN TAMIL NADU)