Akysis Bleeker [P.] 1858:204, 234 Masc. Pimelodus variegatus Bleeker 1846. Type by monotypy. See van Oijen et al. 2009:204 [ref. 30423]. •Valid as Akysis Bleeker 1858 -- (Jayaram 1977:30 [ref. 7006], Jayaram 1981:229 [ref. 6497], He & Chen 1981 [ref. 21313], Kottelat 1985:271 [ref. 11441], Burgess 1989:119 [ref. 12860], Kottelat 1989:14 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:138 [ref. 6439], Ng 1996:3 [ref. 22484], de Pinna 1996:60 [ref. 24146], Ng & Kottelat 1998:1057 [ref. 23903], Ng & Tan 1999:359 [ref. 24159], Chen in Chu et al. 1999:111 [ref. 24534], Ng 1999:541 [ref. 24609], Ng & Kottelat 2000:9 [ref. 25042], Ng & Freyhof 2003:311 [ref. 27399], Ng & Kottelat 2004:193 [ref. 27854], Ng & Siebert 2004:1 [ref. 27936], Ng & Rainboth 2005:33 [ref. 28353], Ng & Sabaj 2005:215 et seq. [ref. 28330], Jayaram 2006:160 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:13 [ref. 29155], Ng 2007:51 [ref. 29306], Ng 2008:255 [ref. 29979], Ng 2009:41 [ref. 30100], Ng 2009:2 [ref. 30104], Ng 2010:271 [ref. 31110], Ng 2011:61 [ref. 31572], Kottelat 2013:218 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:170 [ref. 34477], Ng et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39344]). Current status: Valid as Akysis Bleeker 1858. Akysidae: Akysinae.