Platypanchax Ahl [E.] 1928:116 Masc. Haplochilus modestus Pappenheim 1914. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Hypsopanchax Myers 1924 -- (Parenti 1981:513 [ref. 7066]). •See Huber 1999:55 et seq. [ref. 23835]. •Synonym of Hypsopanchax Myers 1924, but a valid subgenus Platypanchax -- (Lazara 2001:171 [ref. 25711]). •Valid as Platypanchax Ahl 1928 -- (Ghedotti 2000:11 [ref. 27228], Huber 2005:16 [ref. 28394]). Current status: Valid as Platypanchax Ahl 1928. Procatopodidae: Procatopodinae.