Platydoras Bleeker [P.] 1862:5 Masc. Silurus costatus Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation. Type species confirmed and Platydoras placed on the Official List in Opinion 2209. •Valid as Platydoras Bleeker 1862 -- (Burgess 1989:224 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:307 [ref. 23847], Britski et al. 1999:117 [ref. 24147], Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:464 [ref. 27061], Scharpf 2006:19 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:176 [ref. 29155], Piorski et al. 2008:481 [ref. 29987], Birindelli 2014:539 [ref. 33501] in Doradinae, Sousa et al. 2018:1 [ref. 36000]). Current status: Valid as Platydoras Bleeker 1862. Doradidae: Doradinae.