Hemiplatystoma Bleeker [P.] 1862:10 Neut. Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Eigenmann & Eigenmann (1888) serve as first revisers selecting Pseudoplatystoma over Hemiplatystoma. •Synonym of Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Mees 1974:127 [ref. 2969], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:441 [ref. 27061], Buitrago-Suárez & Burr 2007:3 [ref. 29327], Ferraris 2007:340 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:110 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.