Diplomystes Bleeker [P.] (ex Duméril) 1858:63, 68 Masc. Arius papillosus Valenciennes 1840. Type by monotypy. Also in Bleeker 1862:8 [ref. 393]. •Valid as Diplomystes Bleeker 1858 -- (Arratia 1987 [ref. 5957] type species wrongly Silurus chilensis Molina 1782, Burgess 1989:25 [ref. 12860], Azpelicueta 1994:5 [ref. 22377], Azpelicueta 1994:223 [ref. 22312], Campos et al. 1997:113 [ref. 23248], de Pinna 1998:290 [ref. 23847], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061], Lundberg et al. 2004:71 [ref. 27673], Ferraris 2007:165 [ref. 29155], Muñoz-Ramírez et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33192], Arratia & Quezada-Romegialli 2017:5 [ref. 35155], Muñoz-Ramírez et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40526]). Current status: Valid as Diplomystes Bleeker 1858. Diplomystidae.