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.