Platyclarias Poll [M.] 1977:136 Masc. Platyclarias machadoi Poll 1977. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Platyclarias Poll 1977 -- (Teugels 1986:100 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Poll & Gosse 1995:197 [ref. 24781], Wright & Bailey 2012:139 [ref. 31953], Wright 2017:6 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Platyclarias Poll 1977. Clariidae.