Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker [P.] 1862:10 Neut. Silurus fasciatus Linnaeus 1766. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Mees 1974:127 [ref. 2969], Burgess 1989:282 [ref. 12860], Lundberg et al. 1991:842 [ref. 19175], de Pinna 1998:314 [ref. 23847], Britski et al. 1999:105 [ref. 24147], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:441 [ref. 27061], Buitrago-Suárez 2004:118 [ref. 28917], Swarça et al. 2005:325 [ref. 28520], Buitrago-Suárez & Burr 2007:3 [ref. 29327], Ferraris 2007:340 [ref. 29155], Lundberg et al. 2011:169 [ref. 31593], Bertaco et al. 2016:420 [ref. 34561], Grant 2021:110 [ref. 38702], Grant 2022:27 [ref. 38950]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.