afghana, Silurus Günther [A.] 1864:34 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Assam, India. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1860.3.19.755. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:376 [ref. 29155]. Afghanistan locality in error (see Coad 1981:16 [ref. 22348]). •Valid as Silurus afghana Günther 1864 -- (Kobayakawa 1989:157 [ref. 13476], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:587 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Silurus gangeticus [sic for gangelicus] (Peters 1861) -- (Menon 1999:220 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Pterocryptis afghana (Günther 1864) -- (Bornbusch 1991:1075 [ref. 16547], Ng & Kottelat 1998:393 [ref. 23627], Ng 1999:373 [ref. 24236], Jayaram 2006:98 [ref. 28762]). •Synonym of Pterocryptis gangelica Peters 1861 -- (Ng & Chan 2005:61 [ref. 28371], Ferraris 2007:376 [ref. 29155], Ng et al. 2018:133 [ref. 36220]). Current status: Synonym of Pterocryptis gangelica Peters 1861. Siluridae. Habitat: freshwater.