Acrochordonichthys Bleeker [P.] 1857:473 Masc. Pimelodus melanogaster Bleeker 1854. Type by subsequent designation. Also appeared in Bleeker 1858:27 et seq., 204, 209, 221 [ref. 365]. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:13 [ref. 393] and 1863:105 [ref. 401] as platycephalus, but that was not an included species. Type deignated by Ferraris 2007:12 [ref. 29155]. See van Oijen et al. 2009:192 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Acrochordonichthys Bleeker 1857 -- (Burgess 1989:119 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:137 [ref. 6439], de Pinna 1996:61 [ref. 24146], Ng & Ng 2001:387 [ref. 25771], Vidthayanon & Ng 2003:6 [ref. 27425], Ferraris 2007:12 [ref. 29155], Kottelet 2013:217 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Acrochordonichthys Bleeker 1857. Akysidae: Parakysinae.