Tachysurus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:150 Masc. Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. Spelled Tachisurus by Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890:41 [ref. 12251]. •Valid as Trachysurus Lacepède 1803 in Ariidae -- (Jayaram 1981:278 [ref. 6497]). •Status uncertain, not an ariid (Taylor 1986:211 [ref. 6195]). •Valid as Trachysurus Lacepède 1803 in Tachysuridae -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:231 [ref. 24860]). •Nomen dubium in Bagridae -- (Kailola 2004:144 [ref. 28108] on pers. communications). •Synonym of Arius Valencies 1840 on unidentifiable type species -- (Jayaram 2006:333 [ref. 28762], Grant 2020:27 [ref. 37638]). •Genus Inquirendum in Siluriformes -- (Ferraris 2007:431 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Galeichthys Valenciennes 1840 -- (Kulongowski 2010:11 [ref. 30940]). •Valid as Tachysurus Lacepède 1803 in Bagridae -- (Ng & Kottelat 2007:35 [ref. 29362], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:340 [ref. 30085], Ng & Kottelat 2008:154 [ref. 29873], Ng 2009:16 [ref. 30544], Kottelat 2013:266 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:105 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:671 [ref. 34853], Grant 2020:32 [ref. 37638], Cheng et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38402], Shao et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38776], Shao & Zhang 2022:1 [ref. 39199]). Current status: Valid as Tachysurus Lacepède 1803. Bagridae.