Rhynchobdella Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:478 (liv) Fem. Rhynchobdella orientalis Bloch & Schneider 1801 (= Ophidium aculeatum Bloch 1786). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1917:59 [ref. 2407]. Travers (1984:142) gives type as Rhynchobdella sinensis Bleeker 1870, but sinensis was not an included species. Misspelled Rynchobdella by Bloch & Schneider on p. liv [p. wrongly typeset as xliv] and Rhinchobdella by Griffith & Smith 1834:191 [ref. 1908]. •Valid as Rhynchobdella Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Travers 1984:142 [ref. 5147]). •Synonym of Macrognathus Lacepède 1800 -- (Sufi 1956:99 [ref. 12498], Roberts 1986:98 [ref. 5802], Roberts 1989:178 [ref. 6439], Kottelat & Lim 1994:189 [ref. 21379], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:6 [ref. 33148], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:49 [ref. 33147], Kottelat 2013:310 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Macrognathus Lacepède 1800. Mastacembelidae.