Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:Pls. 16-17 Masc. Heterobranchus bidorsalis Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Type by monotypy. Plates possibly appeared in 1808 (see Taylor 1985:14 [ref. 6640] -- needs research). See van Oijen et al. 2009:291 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 -- (Poll 1977:144 [ref. 3533], Teugels 1986:98 [ref. 6193], Burgess 1989:147 [ref. 12860], Lévêque et al. 1989:119 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:303 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:340 [ref. 26477], Teugels et al. 1990 [ref. 14142], Teugels in Lévêque et al. 1992:470 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:191 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:200 [ref. 23725], Anseaume & Teugels 1999:406 [ref. 24564], Dankwa et al. 1999:35 [ref. 28023], Ng & Tan 2000:536 [ref. 25044], Agnese & Teugels 2001:548 [ref. 25239], Ferraris 2007:150 [ref. 29155], Teugels et al. 2007:655 [ref. 30030], Marshall 2011:166 [ref. 31755], Wright 2017:5 [ref. 35493]). Current status: Valid as Heterobranchus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809. Clariidae.