laticeps, Silurus Swainson [W.] 1838:345, Fig. 84 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]. Also in Swainson 1839:306, 393 [ref. 4303]. •Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37983], Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923]). Current status: Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794). Heteropneustidae. Habitat: freshwater.