Platanista Wagler, 1830 . Natürliches Syst. Amphibien, p. 35.

TYPE SPECIES: Delphinus gangetica Roxburgh, 1801 .

SYNONYMS: Susu .

COMMENTS: Authorship reviewed by Pilleri (1978). The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1989) conserved Platanista Wagler, 1830 and gangeticus Roxburgh, 1801 and suppressed Susu Lesson, 1828 .