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Genera in the family or subfamily Siluridae: [ 29 ] records

Apodoglanis Fowler [H. W.] 1905:463 Masc. Apodoglanis furnessi Fowler 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). If based on the Greek glanis, the gender would be feminine (Endruweit 2025:189 [ref. 42401]). •Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:97 [ref. 12607]). •Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861 -- (Bornbusch 1991:1070 [ref. 16547], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:237 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:192 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861. Siluridae.

Belodontichthys Bleeker [P.] 1857:472 Masc. Belodontichthys macrochir Bleeker 1858. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:255, 256, 266 [ref. 365]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:231 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Belodontichthys Bleeker 1857 [sometimes as 1858] -- (Haig 1952:65 [ref. 12607], Kottelat 1985:268 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:85 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:144 [ref. 6439], Howes & Fumihito 1991:133 [ref. 19078], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Kottelat & Ng 1999:387 [ref. 24239], Ferraris 2007:368 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:232 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Belodontichthys Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Callichrous (subgenus of Silurus) Hamilton [F.] 1822:149 Masc. Silurus pabda Hamilton 1822. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated of Bleeker 1862:395 [ref. 391], 1862:17 [ref. 393] and 1863:115 [ref. 401]. Misspelled Callichrus by Swainson 1838:347, 353 [ref. 4302]; 1839:306 [ref. 4303]. •Synonym of Ompok Lacepède 1803 -- (Haig 1952:103 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1989:150 [ref. 6439], Jayaram 2006:104 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:371 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:234 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ompok Lacepède 1803. Siluridae.

Ceratoglanis Myers [G. S.] 1938:98 Fem. Hemisilurus scleronema Bleeker 1863. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Genus judges to be feminine (Kottelat 2013:232 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Ceratoglanis Myers 1938 -- (Haig 1952:65 [ref. 12607], Burgess 1989:85 [ref. 12860], Bornbusch & Lundberg 1989:441 [ref. 12543], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:144 [ref. 6439], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Hee 1999:386 [ref. 24038], Ferraris 2007:368 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:232 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Ceratoglanis Myers 1938. Siluridae.

Cryptopterella Fowler [H. W.] 1944:1 Fem. Cryptopterella beldti Fowler 1944. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857 -- (Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439], Ferraris 2007:369 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Cryptopterus Günther [A.] 1864:6, 38 Masc. Kryptopterus micropus Bleeker 1857. Type by being a replacement name. Unjustified emendation of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857. Also preoccupied by Cryptopterus Kaup 1859 in fishes. •In the synonymy of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857 -- (Ferraris 2007:369 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:233 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Diastatomycter Vaillant [L. L.] 1891:182 Masc. Diastatomycter chaperi Vaillant 1891. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Vaillant 1893:61 [ref. 4485]. •Synonym of Hemisilurus Bleeker 1857 -- (Haig 1952:94 [ref. 12607], Bornbusch & Lundberg 1989:442 [ref. 12543], Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439], Ferraris 2007:368 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:233 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Hemisilurus Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Glanis Agassiz [L.] 1856:333 Masc. Glanis aristotelis Agassiz 1856. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied several times. Date changed to 1856 on 26 Feb. 2014. •Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:97 [ref. 12607], Kobayakawa 1989:157 [ref. 13476], Ferraris 2007:378 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:238 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758. Siluridae.

Hemisilurus Bleeker [P.] 1857:472 Masc. Wallago heterorhynchus Bleeker 1854. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:33 et seq., 255, 257, 295 [ref. 365] with 2 included species. Type designation by Bleeker 1862:395 [ref. 391], 1862:18 [ref. 393] and 1863:116 [ref. 401] not needed. But the genus dates to Bleeker 1857 as above with type by monotypy. See van Oijen et al. 2009:258 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Hemisilurus Bleeker 1857 [sometimes dated to 1858] -- (Haig 1952:63 [ref. 12607], Kottelat 1985:268 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:85 [ref. 12860], Bornbusch & Lundberg 1989 [ref. 12543], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:92 [ref. 24534], Ferraris 2007:368 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:233 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:179 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Hemisilurus Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Herklotsella Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1933:179 Fem. Herklotsella anomala Herre 1933. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Published as Dec. 1933, but perhaps appeared later; regarded as predating Herklotsella Fowler (Jan.) 1934. •Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:97 [ref. 12607], Kobayakawa 1989:157 [ref. 13476] as Herklostella, Dai in Chu et al. 1999:78 [ref. 24534] as Herkostsella). •Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861 -- (Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:237 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:192 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861. Siluridae.

Hito Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1924:702 Masc. Hito taytayensis Herre 1924. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. Also described as Hitoichthys by Herre 1924:1570 [ref. 2120]; but dates of publication not fully investigated. Haig 1952:82 [ref. 12607] selected Hito over Hitoichthys and indicated earliest could not be determined. Herre 1953:125 [ref. 5594] cited both Herre 1924 [ref. 2119] and Herre 1924 [ref. 2120] and apparently considered ref. 2119 (with Hito) to have priority over ref. 2120 (with Hitoichthys). •Valid as Hito Herre 1924 -- (Haig 1952:81 [ref. 12607], Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289]). •Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861 -- (Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:237 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:192 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861. Siluridae.

Hitoichthys Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1924:1570 Masc. Hitoichthys taytayensis Herre 1924. Type by original designation (also monotypic). See Hito Herre 1924. Possibly Hitoichthys was published first, but dates not fully investigated. Haig 1952:82 [ref. 12607] selected Hito over Hitoichthys and indicated earliest could not be determined. Herre 1953:125 [ref. 5594] cited both Herre 1924 [ref. 2119] and Herre 1924 [ref. 2120] and apparently considered ref. 2119 (with Hito) to have priority over ref. 2120 (with Hitoichthys). •Objective synonym of Hito Herre 1924. •Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861 -- (Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155], Endruweit 2025:192 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861. Siluridae.

Kryptoglanis Vincent [M.] & Thomas [J.] 2011:193 Masc. Kryptoglanis shajii Vincent & Thomas 2011. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Kryptoglanis Vincent & Thomas 2011 -- (Britz et al. 2014:193 [ref. 33236] in Kryptoglanidae). Current status: Valid as Kryptoglanis Vincent & Thomas 2011. Siluridae.

Kryptopterichthys Bleeker [P.] 1857:472 Masc. Silurus palembangensis Bleeker 1852. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858: 24, 26, 27 et seq., 255, 257, 288 [ref. 365]; spelled once on p. 288 as Kryptopterichthijs, with Dutch ij = y in Latin. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:395 [ref. 391], 1862:18 [ref. 393] and 1863:116 [ref. 401]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:252 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857 [sometimes as 1858] -- (Haig 1952:106 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439], Ferraris 2007:369 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:233 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Kryptopterus Bleeker [P.] 1857:472 Masc. Kryptopterus micropus Bleeker 1857. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:255, 257, 283 [ref. 365]. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:395 [ref. 391] or 1862:18 [ref. 393], also 1863:116 [ref. 401]. Cryptopterus Günther 1864:6, 38 [ref. 1974] is an unjustified emendation (as emended it is preoccupied by Cryptopterus Kaup 1859 in fishes). See Ferraris 2007:369 [ref. 29155] for first reviser selecting Kryptopterus over Kryptopterichthys when recognized as congeneric. See van Oijen et al. 2009:246 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857 [sometimes dated to 1858] -- (Haig 1952:92, 106 [ref. 12607], Kottelat 1985:268 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:88 [ref. 24534], Ng 2002:67 [ref. 26067], Ng 2003:1 [ref. 27142], Ng 2003:1 [ref. 27568], Ng 2004:1 [ref. 27356], Ng et al. 2004:91 [ref. 27647], Ferraris 2007:369 [ref. 29155] dated 185, Ng & Kottelat 2013:308 [ref. 32548], Kottelat 2013:233 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Micronema Bleeker [P.] 1858:255, 257, 298 Neut. Silurus hexapterus Bleeker 1851. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858: 26 et seq., 255, 257, 298 and misspelled once on p. 32 as Mircronema [ref. 365]. Type in 1857, ref. 6220, is by monotypy. See van Oijen et al. 2009:262 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1858 -- (Haig 1952:106 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1858 based on placement of the type species -- (Parenti & Lim 2005:190 [ref. 28285]). •Valid as Micronema Bleeker 1858 -- (Ferraris 2007:371 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:234 [ref. 32989] dated to 1857:203, Zhang et al. 2016:179 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Micronema Bleeker 1858. Siluridae.

Ompok Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:49 Masc. Ompok siluroides Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. Spelled Ompolk, Ompock, and Ompocus by early authors. •Valid as Ompok Lacepède 1803 -- (Haig 1952:83, 103 [ref. 12607], Jayaram 1977:2 [ref. 7006], Jayaram 1981:207 [ref. 6497], Kottelat 1985:268 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:150 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:167 [ref. 24860], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Tan & Tan 1996:419:531 [ref. 22754], Ng 2002:25 [ref. 26062], Ng & Siebert 2002:169 [ref. 26402], Ataur Rahman 2003:186 [ref. 31338], Ng & Tan 2004:1 [ref. 27846], Jayaram 2006:104 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:371 [ref. 29155], Ng 2008:59 [ref. 29884], Ng & Hadiaty 2009:50 [ref. 30458], Kottelat 2013:234 [ref. 32989], Sudasinghe & Meegaskumbura 2016:261 [ref. 34695]). Current status: Valid as Ompok Lacepède 1803. Siluridae.

Parasilurus Bleeker [P.] 1862:392, 394 Masc. Silurus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Bleeker (26 Nov.) 1862:17 [ref. 393]. •Probably a separate group from Silurus -- (Iliadou & Rackham 1990 [ref. 20452]). •Valid as Parasilurus Bleeker 1862 -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:52 [ref. 22798], Naseka 1998:104 [ref. 23590], Sideleva 2001:55 [ref. 26181], Sideleva 2003:14 [ref. 27815], Endruweit 2025:191 [ref. 42401]). •Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:97 [ref. 12607], Kobayakawa 1989:157 [ref. 13476], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:78 [ref. 24534], Ferraris 2007:378 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:238 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:104 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758. Siluridae.

Penesilurus Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1924:1570 Masc. Penesilurus palavanensis Herre 1924. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Species described more fully in Herre 1924:703 [ref. 2119] where genus was also described as new; earliest publication not established. Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155] regards ref. 2119 as earliest. •Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:102 [ref. 12607]). •Synonym of Pterocryptis Peters 1861 -- (Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:237 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Penesilurus Herre 1924 -- (Endruweit 2025:192 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Valid as Penesilurus Herre 1924. Siluridae.

Phalacronotus Bleeker [P.] 1857:472 Masc. Silurus phalacronotus Bleeker 1851. Type by absolute tautonymy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858: 32 et seq., 255, 257, 302 [ref. 365]. Phalacronotus phalacronotus is included on p. 473 in ref. 6220 as a synonym of P. micruropterus Bleeker, so type is by absolute tautonymy. Type not S. leptonema as designated by Bleeker 1862:395 [ref. 391] and 1862:18 [ref. 393]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:265 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Kryptopterus Bleeker 1857 [sometimes dating to 1858] -- (Haig 1952:106 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1989:145 [ref. 6439]). •Valid as Phalacronotus Bleeker 1857 -- (Ferraris 2007:374 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:236 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:179 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Phalacronotus Bleeker 1857. Siluridae.

Pinniwallago Gupta [S. K.], Jayaram [K. C.] & Hajela [K. P.] 1981:291 Masc. Pinniwallago kanpurensis Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela 1981. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Pinniwallago Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela 1981 -- (Jayaram 1981:396 [ref. 6497], Jayaram 2006:114 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Pinniwallago Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela 1981. Siluridae.

Pseudosilurus Bleeker [P.] 1857:472 Masc. Wallago leiacanthus Bleeker 1853. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:24, 26, et. seq., 254-256, 275 [ref. 365]. Earliest subsequent designation apparently Jordan 1919:279 [ref. 2410] as bimaculatus Bloch, but with species credited to Bleeker (also designated by Roberts 1989:151 [ref. 6439]). However, the type is apparently Wallago leiacanthus Bleeker by monotypy in ref. 6220. See van Oijen et al. 2009:239 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Ompok Lacepède 1803 -- (Haig 1952:103 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1989:151 [ref. 6439], Jayaram 2006:104 [ref. 28762] with wrong type species, Ferraris 2007:371 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:234 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ompok Lacepède 1803. Siluridae.

Pterocryptis Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1861:712 Fem. Pterocryptis gangelica Peters 1861. Type by monotypy. Species originally spelled gangelica; apparently misspelled gangetica in literature. •Synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:97 [ref. 12607]). •Valid as Pterocryptis Peters 1861 -- (Bornbusch 1991:1075 [ref. 16547], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Burgess & Finley 1996:164 [ref. 22901], Ng & Kottelat 1998:393 [ref. 23627], Ng & Kottelat 1998:393 [ref. 23627], Ng 1999:371 [ref. 24236], Ng & Freyhof 2001:624 [ref. 25712], Ng & Chan 2005:51 [ref. 28371], Vishwanath & Sharma 2006:99 [ref. 28715] but spelled Preocryptis, Jayaram 2006:96 [ref. 28762], Proudlove 2006:119 [ref. 28992], Ferraris 2007:375 [ref. 29155], Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma 2009:425 [ref. 30375], Ng & Tan 2011:56 [ref. 31216], Vincent & Thomas 2011:164 [ref. 31270], Kottelat & Leisher 2012:237 [ref. 32277], Kottelat 2013:237 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:179 [ref. 34477], Ng et al. 2018:126 [ref. 36220], Ng et al. 2025:535 [ref. 41897], Endruweit 2025:192 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Valid as Pterocryptis Peters 1861. Siluridae.

Silurichthys Bleeker [P.] 1856:417, 418 Masc. Silurus phaiosoma Bleeker 1851. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1857:472 [ref. 6220]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:233 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Silurichthys Bleeker 1856 -- (Haig 1952:67 [ref. 12607], Kottelat 1985:269 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:85 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:151 [ref. 6439], Bornbusch 1991:1077 [ref. 16547], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Ng & Kottelat 1997:203 [ref. 22742], Ng & Ng 1998:292 [ref. 23750], Ferraris 2007:377 [ref. 29155], Ng & Tan 2011:56 [ref. 31216], Vincent & Thomas 2011:164 [ref. 31270], Kottelat 2013:238 [ref. 32989], Ng & Kottelat 2022:185 [ref. 39276], Low et al. 2022:386 [ref. 39370]). Current status: Valid as Silurichthys Bleeker 1856. Siluridae.

Silurodes Bleeker [P.] 1857:472 Masc. Silurus macronema Bleeker 1851. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:255, 256, 271 [ref. 365] and with type designated by Bleeker 1862:394 [ref. 391], 1862:17 [ref. 393] and 1863:115 [ref. 401]. However, the genus dates to Bleeker 1857 as above with type as Silurus macronema Bleeker 1851 by monotypy. See van Oijen et al. 2009:236 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Ompok Lacepède 1803 -- (Haig 1952:103 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1989:150 [ref. 6439], Jayaram 2006:104 [ref. 28762] but with wrong date and type species and spelled Siluroides, Ferraris 2007:371 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:234 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Ompok Lacepède 1803. Siluridae.

Silurodon Kner [R.] 1866:546 [4] Masc. Silurodon hexanema Kner 1866. Type by monotypy. On p. 4 of separate. Also described as new in Kner 1867:305 [ref. 2638]. •Questionably a synonym of Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:101 [ref. 12607]). •Synonym of Wallago Bleeker 1851 -- (Ferraris 2007:380 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989] with question). Current status: Synonym of Wallago Bleeker 1851. Siluridae.

Silurus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:304 Masc. Silurus glanis Linnaeus 1758. Type by Linnaean tautonymy. On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Kottelat (2013) corrected the type is glanis by Linnaean tautonymy. •Valid as Silurus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Haig 1952:71, 97 [ref. 12607], Jayaram 1977:7 [ref. 7006], Jayaram 1981:210 [ref. 6497], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:59 [ref. 6441], Kottelat 1985:269 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:85 [ref. 12860], Kobayakawa 1989 [ref. 13476], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Liu in Pan et al. 1991:287 [ref. 23876], Wu & Wu 1992:523 [ref. 21205], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:53 [ref. 22798], Yang in Chen 1998:275 [ref. 23556], Naseka 1998:104 [ref. 23590], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:78 [ref. 24534], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:121 [ref. 28183], Ferraris 2007:378 [ref. 29155], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:340 [ref. 29996], Coad 2010:215 [ref. 36620], Imamura & Nagao 2011:166 [ref. 31272], Ünlü et al. 2012:119 [ref. 31827], Kottelat 2013:238 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:104 [ref. 33547], Nguyen et al. 2015:65 [ref. 33790], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:889 [ref. 34062], Zhang et al. 2016:180 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:671 [ref. 34853], Esmaeili et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:54 [ref. 36089], Hibino & Tabata 2018:507 [ref. 36069], Li et al. 2019:1 [ref. 37053], Chen et al. 2023:3 [ref. 41122], Chen et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41182]). Current status: Valid as Silurus Linnaeus 1758. Siluridae.

Wallago Bleeker [P.] 1851:265 Masc. Silurus muelleri Bleeker 1846. Type by subsequent designation. Also in Bleeker 1851:198, 202 [ref. 329]. Bleeker 1862:394 [ref. 391] and 1862:17 [393] has the type as Wallago attu Bleeker (wallagoo and muelleri originally included); Myers 1938:98 [ref. 3116] and 1948:19-20 [ref. 12606] missed 1851:265 description and erred in his analysis. Kottelat 2000:87 [ref. 25486] suggests that Bleeker 1862-1863 established the type species since he designated attu and placed muelleri in the synonymy of attu; he concludes that this met the requirements of Art. 69.2.2, but the Code is unclear -- that article says that if an author designates as type species a nominal species that was not originally included...and at the same time places that nominal species [attu] in the synonymy of one of the originally included species [muelleri] then that establishes the type. But does placing in synonymy mean the reverse, i.e, a species designated as type must have been put in the synonymy of muelleri contra Kottelat. Kottelat and Eschmeyer both agree that this is another example of the lack of accuracy in the wording ot the ICZN, and this was not modified in the 2000 Code. In any event, the type species remains the same. Earliest valid designation probably was by Haig 1952:101; see Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]. Ferraris 2007:380 [ref. 29155] indicates the type was designated first by Bleeker 1862:17, 79. Treated by authors as masculine. See van Oijen et al. 2009:225 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Wallago Bleeker 1851 -- (Haig 1952:79 [ref. 12607], Jayaram 1977:6 [ref. 7005] 1981:209 [ref. 6497], Roberts 1982 [ref. 6808], Burgess 1989:86 [ref. 12860], Roberts 1989:151 [ref. 6439], Ataur Rahman 1989:165 [ref. 24860], Bornbusch 1995 [ref. 22289], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:91 [ref. 24534], Kottelat 2000:87 [ref. 25486], Ataur Rahman 2003:185 [ref. 31338], Ng 2004:92 [ref. 27505], Jayaram 2006:112 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:380 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989], Roberts 2014:35 [ref. 33394], Zhang et al. 2016:181 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Wallago Bleeker 1851. Siluridae.

Wallagonia Myers [G. S.] 1938:98 Fem. Wallago leerii Bleeker 1851. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Wallago Bleeker 1851 -- (Haig 1952:101 [ref. 12607], Roberts 1982:890 [ref. 6808], Roberts 1989:151 [ref. 6439], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:91 [ref. 24534], Jayaram 2006:112 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:380 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:239 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Wallagonia Myers 1938 -- (Roberts 2014:35 [ref. 33394]). Current status: Valid as Wallagonia Myers 1938. Siluridae.