Batrachocephalus Bleeker [P.] 1846:176 Masc. Batrachocephalus ageneiosus Bleeker 1846 (= Ageneiosus mino Hamilton 1822). Type by monotypy. Bleeker's B. ageneiosus is an unneeded substitute for A. mino Hamilton 1822. Jayaram 2006:325 [ref. 28762] list the type species as B. micropogon Bleeker [not researched]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:102 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Batrachocephalus Bleeker 1846 -- (Jayaram & Dhanze 1979:49 [ref. 6800], Jayaram 1981:277 [ref. 6497], Kottelat 1985:271 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:167 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:15 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:230 [ref. 24860], Kailola 1999:1834 [ref. 24732], Ataur Rahman 2003:253 [ref. 31338], Kailola 2004:130 [ref. 28108], Jayaram 2006:325 [ref. 28762] as Batracocephalus, Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:31 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:38 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk & Birindelli 2010:61 [ref. 30960], Kottelat 2013:247 [ref. 32989], Marceniuk et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Batrachocephalus Bleeker 1846. Ariidae: Ariinae.