macropterus, Hemibagrus Bleeker [P.] 1870:257, Pl. (bottom fig.) [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 4; ref. 17068] Chang Jiang [Yangtze River], China. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:89 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus macropterus (Bleeker 1870) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Zheng 1989:286 [ref. 21202], Gao in Pan et al. 1991:313 [ref. 23876], Li in Ding 1994:468 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:148 [ref. 25213], Yang in Chen 1998:289 [ref. 23556], Zheng in Chu et al. 1999:71 [ref. 24534], Tang et al. 2001:15 [ref. 25373], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:69 [ref. 26894]). •Valid as Hemibagrus macropterus Bleeker 1870 -- (Mo 1991:132 [ref. 19952], Kottelat et al. 1998:567 [ref. 23920], Ferraris 2007:89 [ref. 29155], Liu et al. 2012:648 [ref. 32220], Ng & Kottelat 2013:219 [ref. 32495], Kottelat 2013:259 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:182 [ref. 34477], Zhang et al. 2019:472 [ref. 36699], Guo 2021:768 [ref. 38618]). Current status: Valid as Hemibagrus macropterus Bleeker 1870. Bagridae. Distribution: Yangtze and Pearl River basins, China. Habitat: freshwater.