Macronichthys White [E. I.] & Moy-Thomas [J. A.] 1940:505 Masc. Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Aoria Jordan 1917. Aoria itself is a replacement for Macrones Duméril 1856 (preoccupied, replaced earlier by Sperata Holly 1939); Aoria replaced earlier by Aorichthys Wu 1939. •Objective synonym of Sperata and Aorichthys. •Synonym of Mystus Scopoli 1777 -- (Roberts 1989:120 [ref. 6439], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:23 [ref. 26894] as Macronoichthys). •Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939 -- (Ferraris & Runge 1999:400 [ref. 24039], Jayaram 2006:23 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:106 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sperata Holly 1939. Bagridae.