This is a draft catalogue of nominal taxa of the Callichthyidae. The list is probably not free from errors, but it includes all names known to me published prior to August, 1998. This catalogue is mainly based on information from Gosline, 1940 and Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1970 (for Brochis), 1976 (for Aspidoras), and 1980 (for Corydoras), in addition to the Zoological Records. A number of colleagues have contributed information to make this list more complete - Thanks a lot for the help!
Names are listed in alphabetical order; synonyms are indicated by left-hand margin indentation, and listed in chronological order.
Variant spellings insofar as they have no nomenclatural standing are not included.
Genders of generic names are given and are a guide to spelling of adjectival species names in current combination.
A complete List of Original Literature is also availabe.
I would appreciate notice of any errors and omissions that you may find. Thank you.
Callichtini Bonaparte, 1938 p.294.
Callichthyoidei Bleeker, 1862 p.4.
Loricarina Günther, 1864 p.225-262 (including Callichthyidae and Loricariidae).
Callichthyidae Gill, 1872 p.19.
ASPIDORAS
Aspidoras Ihering, 1907:30-31. Masc. (type-species by original designation and monotypy Aspidoras rochai Ihering, 1907).
Aspidoras albater Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:115-116 (Brazil, Goiás, rio Tocantinzinho near São João da Aliança (14°46'S, 47°30'W) rio Tocantins system).
Aspidoras belenos Britto, 1998:361-364 (Brazil, Mato Grosso, rio das Mortes basin).
Aspidoras brunneus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:116-117 (Brazil, MT, Serra do Roncador, km 125 of the road Xavantina-Caximba).
Aspidoras carvalhoi Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:117-118 (Brazil, CE, açude Canabrava, Guaramiranga).
Aspidoras eurycephalus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:118 (Brazil, Goiás, rio Tocantins system, córrego Vermelho into rio das Almas, tributary of rio Maranhão about 15°S, 49°30'W).
Aspidoras fuscoguttatus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:118-119 (Brazil, MT, rio Paraná system, córrego Corguinho, estrada de Três Lagoas (20°46'S, 51°43'W) Conceição do Taboado).
Aspidoras lakoi Ribeiro, 1949:143-145 (Brazil, MG, pequeno córrego na floresta do Grotão, Fazenda da Cachoeira, Passos).
Aspidoras maculosus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:119-120 (Brazil, BA, rio Paiaia, into headwaters of rio Itapicuru, Serra Jacobina between Bom Fim and Jacobina (11°S, 40°30'W).
Aspidoras menezesi Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:120-121 (Brazil, CE, rio Granjeiro at Crato, 07°10'S, 39°25'W, tributary of rio Salgado).
Aspidoras microgalaeus Britto, 1998:364-367 (Brazil, Mato Grosso, small tributary of rio Culuene, rio Xingú basin).
Corydoras pauciradiatus Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970:129-131
(Brazil,GO, rio Araguaia near Aruanã (14°58'S, 51°04W)).
Corydoras U-6" Axelrod et al., 1967: F-223.00
(photo).
Aspidoras poecilus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:121-123 (Brazil, MT, creek upstream of village Porori, upper rio Xingu).
Corydoras raimundi Steindachner, 1907a:84-85 (..in dem Bachchen, welches bei Victoria in den Rio Parnahyba mundet).
Aspidoras rochai Ihering, 1907:30-34 (Brazil, CE, Fortaleza).
Aspidoras spilotus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976c:123-124 (Brazil, CE, Riacho dos Macacos, tributary of rio Acaráu).
Aspidoras virgulatus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980a:133-138 (Brazil, ES, rio Doce drainage).
BROCHIS
Brochis Cope, 1871:112. Fem. (type-species by subsequent designation
Brochis coeruleus Cope).
Chaenothorax Cope, 1878:679-680. Masc. (type-species
by subsequent designation Chaenothorax bicarinatus).
Brochis britskii Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983a:179-185 (Brazil, MT, lagoas marginais da rodovia Transpantaneira, Poconé, 16°15'S, 56°37'W).
Chaenothorax multiradiatus Orcés-Villagomez, 1960:3-6 (Ecuador, afluente occidental del Río Lagartococha, cerca del poblado de Garça-Cocha, sistema del alto Napo).
Callichthys splendens Castelnau, 1855:39 (Brazil, rio
Tocantins).
Callichthys taiosh Castelnau, 1855:39
(Bolivia, Chiquitos).
Brochis coeruleus Cope, 1872:277-278
(Peru, ..in the tributaries of the Ambyiacu).
Brochis dipterus Cope, 1872:278 (Peru,
Ambyiacu river).
Corydoras semiscutatus Cope, 1872:280
(Peru, rio Ambyiacu).
Chaenothorax bicarinatus Cope, 1878:679-680
(Peruvian Amazon).
Chaenothorax eigenmanni Ellis, 1913:393-394
(Brazil, Cáceres).
Callichthys Scopoli, 1777:451. Masc. (type-species by monotypy
Silurus callichthys Linnaeus, 1758).
Cataphractus Bloch, 1794:80-81. Masc. (type-species
by subsequent designation Silurus callichthys Linnaeus,
1758).
Silurus callichthys Linnaeus, 1758:307 (in América
rivulis).
Callichthys tamoata Linnaeus, ______
(*).
Callichthys asper Quoy & Gaimard,
1824:232 (Brazil, RJ, Santa Ana).
Cataphractus depressus Swainson, 1839:374
(baseado em Bloch pl. 377).
Callichthys coelatus Valenciennes, 1840:308
(Brazil, Bahia).
Callichthys laeviceps Valenciennes,
1840:309 (French Guiana, Mana).
Callichthys loricatus Gronow, 1854:157
(*).
Callichthys kneri Gill, 1858:394 (Trinidad,
W.I.)
Callichthys affinis Günther, 1864:226
(Brazil, Rio Grande).
Callichthys arcifer Hensel, 1868:373
(Brazil, Rio de Janeiro).
Callichthys hemiphractus Hensel, 1868:374
(Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Costa da Serra, Lagoa dos Patos system).
Callichthys callichthys bolteni
Hoedeman, 1952a:9 (Suriname).
Callichthys callichthys demerarae
Hoedeman, 1952a:10 (Guyana - on foot note).
Cordorinus Rafinesque, 1815:89. Masc. (emendation for Corydoras Lacépede).
Hoplisoma Swainson, 1839:336. Neut. (type-species by original designation and monotypy Cataphractus punctatus Bloch).
Hoplosoma Agassiz, 1846:186. Neut. (unneeded emendation for Hoplisoma Swainson).
Scleromystax Günther, 1864:225. Masc. (as a subgenus; type-species by monotypy Callichthys barbatus Quoy & Gaymard).
Gastrodermus Cope, 1878:681. Masc. (type-species by subsequent designation Corydoras elegans Steindachner).
Osteogaster Cope, 1894:102. Fem. (type-species by original designation Corydoras eques Steindachner).
Corydoras acrensis Nijssen, 1972:416-417 (Brazil, AC, furo do lago São Francisco, tributary of rio Juruá, upstream of confluence with Moa at Cruzeiro do Sul).
Corydoras acutus Cope, 1872:281-282 (Peru, Loreto, Río Ampiyacu, Shansho Cano).
Corydoras adolfoi Burgess, 1982:15-16 (small tributary of the upper rio Negro near São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil).
Hoplosoma aeneum Gill, 1858:403 (Trinidad).
Corydoras microps Eigenmann & Kennedy,
1903:506-507 (Brazil, MT, small lagoon near Rio Branco).
Corydoras venezuelanus Ihering, 1911:383-385
(Venezuela, Carabobo, Río Cabriales, Valencia).
Corydoras macrosteus Regan, 1912:219
(Brazil, SP, rio Piracicaba).
Corydoras schultzei Holly, 1940:111-112
( ..in kleinen und kleinsten Wasserlaufen des Amazonenstromes.."
- aquarium specimen - lost).
Corydoras agassizi Steindachner, 1877:138-140 (Brazil, AM, rio Amazonas near Tabatinga).
Corydoras amandajanea Sands, 1995:10-11 (Brazil, AM, rio Miuã, tributary of rio Negro).
Corydoras amapaensis Nijssen, 1972:417-420 (Brazil, AP, Cachoera creek at right bank of rio Amapari, 4 km downstream of Casa do Sete).
Corydoras ambiacus Cope, 1872:280-281 (Peru, Loreto,
Río Ambiyacu).
Corydoras grafi Holly, 1940:108-110
("..in klienen und kleinsten Wasserlaufen des Amazonenstromes.."
- lost).
Corydoras melanistius longirostris
Hoedeman, 1952b:17 (type-specimen not preserved).
Corydoras amphibelus Cope, 1872:282 (Peru, Loreto, Río Ampiyacu near Pebas, about 03°10'S, 71°50'W).
Corydoras approuaguensis Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983b:73-74 (French Guiana, rio Approuague).
Corydoras araguaiaensis Sands, 1990:unpag (Brazil, Rio Araguaia).
Corydoras arcuatus Elwin, 1939:126-128 (Peru, Lago Matamata, Río Yavari system).
Callichthys armatus Günther, 1868:230-231 (Peru, Río Huallaga).
Corydoras atropersonatus Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970:123-125 (Ecuador, Pastaza, Río Conombo at mouth of Río Shione, approximately 02°00'S, 76°30'W, Río Tigre system).
Corydoras aurofrenatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903:507-508 (Paraguay, Aguada, near Arroyo Trementina (a tributary of Río Aquido Canigi) and aquadas and lagunitas along the arroyo).
Corydoras axelrodi Rössel, 1962b:335-337 (Colombia, either Vichada, Meta, Arauca and/or Boyaca, Río Meta).
Corydoras baderi Geisler, 1969:353-357 (Brazil, PA, rio
Paru do Oeste).
Corydoras oelemariensis Nijssen,
1970:29-30 (Suriname, Marowijne, creek at left bank of Oelemari river
near airstrip, Marowijne river system).
Callichthys barbatus Quoy & Gaymard, 1824:234-235
(Brazil, RJ, Fazenda da Japuhyba near Angra dos Reis).
Corydoras kronei Ribeiro, 1907:189-190
(Brazil, SP, Iguape).
Corydoras eigenmanni Ihering, 1907:34-36
(Brazil, SP, Raiz da Serra, Cubatão).
Corydoras bertoni Eigenmann, in Eigenmann & Allen, 1942:179 (Paraguay, Alto Paraná, Puerto Bertoni).
Corydoras bicolor Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967:36-37 (Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn system, Sipaliwini river near the border with Brazil, Paru Savanna).
Corydoras bifasciatus Nijssen, 1972:420-421 (Brazil, PA, Creek at left bank of rio Cururu, tributary of upper rio Tapajós near Maloca do Gonzalo).
Corydoras blochi blochi Nijssen, 1971:92-97 (Guyana, Essequibo, Moco Moco creek near Lethem, tributary of rio Tacutu, rio Branco system).
Corydoras blochi vittatus Nijssen, 1971:97-98 (Brazil, MA, tributary of rio Itapicuru at Caxias).
Corydoras boehlkei Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1982:139-142 (Venezuela, Edo Bolivar, Río Cuchime about 20 miles upstream from junction of Río Caura-Río Erebato (Entre Ríos) at 05°45'N, 64°24'W).
Corydoras boesemani Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967:37-38 (Suriname, Brokopondo, Suriname river system, small tributaries of Gran-rio between Ligorio (=Ligolio) and Awaradam falls).
Corydoras bolivianus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983b:75 (Bolivia, Beni, Río Mamoré basin, flooded area some kilometer from Trinidad; 14°46'S 65°50'W).
Corydoras bondi bondi Gosline, 1940:20 (Venezuela, Bolivar, Río Yuruari, 3 km E of El Callao).
Corydoras bondi coppenamensis Nijssen, 1970:19-20 (Suriname, Saramacca, creek at left bank of Coppename river at 03°52'N, 56°55'W).
Corydoras breei Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1992:10-14 (Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn system, Kabalebo river, Avanavero Falls).
Corydoras burgessi Axelrod, 1987:22-25 (Brazil, RO, rio Ununi, tributary of the rio Negro).
Corydoras carlae Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983b:76 (Argentina, Missiones, small creek tributary of rio Iguaçu, road nb. 101 between Puerto Iguazu and Bernardino de Irigoyen, 50 km of Puerto Iguazu, Río Parana basin).
Corydoras caudimaculatus Rössel, 1961:49-50 (Brazil, RO, upper rio Guaporé).
Corydoras cervinus Rössel, 1962a:31-33 (Brazil, RO, main stream of upper rio Guaporé).
Corydoras cochui Myers & Weitzman, 1954:93-94 (Brazil, GO, rio Araguaia, Santa Maria Novo).
Corydoras concolor Weitzman, 1961:105-110 (Venezuela, Bolivar, Las Mangas, tributary of Río Parguaza, Río Orinoco).
Corydoras condiscipulus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980b:494-497 (French Guiana, Cumuri creek at left bank of Oyapock river).
Corydoras copei Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986:70-71 (Peru, Loreto, lower Río Huytoyacu, village Nuovo Progresso - 04°13'S, 76°38'W).
Corydoras coriatae Burgess, 1997:138-147 (Peru, Río Aguaytia, a branch of Río Ucayali, West of Pucallpa).
Corydoras cortesi Castro, 1987:31-33 (Colombia, Río Arauca near Arauca - 07°03'N, 70°46'W).
Corydoras crimmeni Grant, 1998 (Aquarium specimen, said to be from Brazil, Roraima, near Boa Vista. Possibly from rio Branco).
Corydoras crypticus Sands, 1995:11-12 (Brazil, AM, rio Miuã, tributary of rio Negro).
Corydoras davidsandsi Black, 1987:74-75 (Brazil, AM, rio Unini, tributary of rio Negro).
Corydoras delphax Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983c:55-59 (Colombia, Guianía, Río Inírida system, Cano Bacón, Pueblo Bretania - 03°43'N, 67°59'W).
Corydoras duplicareus Sands, 1995:12-13 (Brazil, AM, rio Poranga, tributary of rio Negro).
Corydoras ehrhardti Steindachner, 1910:60-61 (Brazil,
SC, affluents from Jaraguá mountains near Joenville).
Corydoras meridionalis Ihering,
1911:380-382 (Brazil, SC, "Colonia Hansa", near Jaraguá
do Sul, 26°29'S, 49°07'W).
Corydoras elegans Steindachner, 1877:141-143 (Brazil,
AM, rio Amazonas at Tefé).
Corydoras pestai Holly, 1940:107-108
("..in kleinen und kleinsten Wasserlaufen des Amazonenstromes.."
- aquarium specimen - lost).
Corydoras ellisae Gosline, 1940:17-18 (Paraguay, Arroyo Poná, Sapucay, Río Paraguay system near Asunción).
Corydoras ephippifer Nijssen, 1972:422-423 (Brazil, AP, Cachoeira creek at right bank of rio Amapari, 4 km downstream of Casa do Sete).
Corydoras eques Steindachner, 1877:140-141 (Brazil, AM, rio Amazonas at Codajás).
Corydoras esperanzae Castro, 1987:34-36 (Colombia, Cano Orocue at Orocue, Río Meta, Casanare - 04°49'N, 71°20'W).
Corydoras evelynae Rössel, 1963:360-362 (Brazil, AM, upper rio Solimões).
Corydoras filamentosus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983b:77 (Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn river basin - 03°42'N 57°42'W).
Corydoras flaveolus Ihering, 1911:386-387 (Brazil, SP, tributaries to rio Piracicaba above Salto).
Corydoras fowleri Bohlke, 1950:26-27 (Peru, Loreto, Cano del Chancho near Pebas).
Corydoras garbei Ihering, 1911:382-383 (Brazil, BA, rio São Francisco).
Corydoras geryi Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983b:78 (Boliva, Beni, Río Mamoré basin, flooded are some kilometer of Trinidad - 14°46'S 65°50'W).
Corydoras gomezi Castro, 1986:34-37 (Colombia, Amazonas, lakes of the Isla de Mocagua, Río Amazonas/Solimões, near Letícia).
Corydoras gossei Nijssen, 1972:424-425 (Brazil, RO, creek near Guajará-Mirim, rio Mamoré system).
Corydoras gracilis Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976a:90-91 (Brazil, AM, rio Jauna (= rio Juma), at Transamazônica highway, tributary of rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira basin).
Corydoras griseus Holly, 1940:110-111 ("..in kleinen
und kleinsten Wasserlaufen des Amazonenstromes.." - aquarium specimen
- lost).
Corydoras griseus deweyeri Meinken,
1957:5-6 (Guyana - aquarium specimen).
Corydoras guapore Knaack, 1961:135-138 (Brazil, RO, main stream of upper rio Guaporé).
Corydoras guianensis Nijssen, 1970:21-22 (Suriname, Nickerie, creek at right bank of Nickerie river, 12 km WSW of Stondansie falls).
Corydoras habrosus Weitzman, 1960:141-145 (Venezuela, Cojedes, Río Salinas, tributaryy of Río Pan Viejo, El Baúl).
Corydoras haraldschultzi Knaack, 1962:129-130 (Brazil).
Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888:166-167
(Brazil, AM, Villa Bella (=Parintins)).
Corydoras australe Eigenmann & Ward,
in Eigenmann, McAtee & Ward, 1907:123-124 (Brazil, MT, upper rio
Paraguai at Corumbá).
Corydoras heteromorphus Nijssen, 1970:22-24 (Suriname, Saramacca, creek at right bank of Coppename river at 03°52'30"N, 56°53'W).
Corydoras imitator Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983b:79 (Brazil, Amazonas, upper rio Negro).
Corydoras incolicana Burgess, 1993:157-158 (Brazil, rio Içana, upper rio Negro).
Corydoras julii Steindachner, 1906:480 (Brazil, MA, creek into rio Parnaíba, near Alto Parnaíba (= Victoria) 09°08'S, 45°56'W).
Corydoras kanei Grant, 1998 (Aquarium specimen, said to be from Brazil, Roraima, near Boa Vista. Possibly from rio Branco).
Corydoras lacerdai Hieronimus, 1995:107-116 (Brazil, BA, Ilhéus, Rio Ribeira da Terra Firme).
Corydoras lamberti Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986:71-72 (Peru, Loreto, lower Río Huytoyacu, near village Nuovo Progresso - 04°13'S, 76°38'W).
Corydoras latus Pearson, 1924:19-20 (Bolivia, Beni, lagoons, Lago Rogoagua, Río Beni basin).
Corydoras leopardus Myers, 1933:188-189 (Brazil, "one
of the Brazilian coastal rivers south of the Amazon" - aquarium
specimen).
Corydoras funnelli Fraser-Brunner, 1947:241-244
(Amazon - aquarium specimen).
Corydoras leucomelas Eigenmann & Allen, 1942:178
(Peru, Loreto, cutoff lake at right bank of Río Pacaya, trubutary
of Río Ucayali near Sarayacu).
Corydoras caquetae Fowler, 1943:248-249
(Colombia, Caqueta, Río Orteguaza at Florencia).
Corydoras loretoensis Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986:68 (Peru, Loreto, Prov. Maynas Río Nanay, about 15 minutes from Santa Clara).
Corydoras loxozonus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983c:67-68 (Colombia, Meta, Lomalinda near Río Ariari, tributary to Río Guaviare, SE of Villavicencio).
Corydoras macropterus Regan, 1913:232 (Brazil, PR, Paranaguá - aquarium specimen).
Corydoras maculifer Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1971:183-186 (Brazil, MT, Sangadina stream, 2 km W of Xavantina, tributary of rio das Mortes).
Corydoras melanistius melanistius Regan, 1912:216 (Guyana, Essequibo).
Corydoras melanistius brevirostris Fraser-Brunner,
1947:244-245 (Venezuela, Orinoco - aquarium specimen).
Corydoras wotroi Nijssen & Isbrücker,
1967:44-45 (Suriname, Brokopondo, Saramacca River).
Corydoras melanotaenia Regan, 1912:217-218 (Colombia, Tolima, Honda, Río Magdalena basin).
Corydoras melini Lonnberg & Rendahl, 1931:1-6 (Brazil, AM, Iuaretê at confluence of rio Papuri and rio Uaupés).
Corydoras metae Eigenmann, 1914:230 (Colombia, Río Meta, Barrigón, E of Bogotá).
Corydoras micracanthus Regan, 1912:211 (Argentina, Salta, Salta 24°46'S, 65°28'W).
Corydoras multimaculatus Steindachner, 1907b:291 (Brazil, BA, tributarey to rio Preto near Santa Rita de Cassia, about 11°00'S, 44°30'W).
Corydoras nanus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967:41-42 (Suriname, Brokopondo, Suriname river system, little tributaries of Gran-rio between Ligorio (= Ligolio) and Awaradam falls).
Corydoras napoensis Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986:73-74 (Ecuador, Napo, Lagartococha, tributary of Río Aguarico - 00°39'S, 75°16'W).
Corydoras narcissus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980b:497-499 (Brazil, AM, rio Purus system, creek into rio Ipixuna, 30 km W of Humaitá).
Corydoras nattereri Steindachner, 1877:143-144 (Brazil,
RJ, affluent of rio Parnahyba).
Corydoras juquiaae Ihering, 1907:36-38
(Brazil, SP, rio Juquiá, Poço Grande).
Corydoras nattereri triseriatus
Ihering, 1911:386 (Brazil, ES, Rio Doce).
Corydoras nijsseni Sands, 1989:unpag. (Brazil, AM, tributary
of rio Negro).
Corydoras elegans nijsseni Sands,
1989.
Corydoras octocirrus Nijssen, 1970:26-29 (Suriname, Brokopondo, Suriname river system, Marechal creek E of the road between Paranam and Afobaka, 1.5 km N of Marchall Village).
Corydoras oiapoquensis Nijssen, 1972:425-428 (French Guiana, Inini, Cumuri creek at left bank of Oyapock river).
Corydoras ornatus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976b:126-127 (Brazil, PA, rio Tapajós, 80 km E of Jacareacanga).
Corydoras orphnopterus Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970:125-126 (Ecuador, Pastaza, lower Río Bobonaza between Montalvo and Chicherota).
Corydoras osteocarus Bohlke, 1951:824-827 (Venezuela, Amazonas, San Fernando de Atabapo, where the Río Atabapo empties into the Río Orinoco).
Corydoras ourastigma Nijssen, 1972:428-429 (Brazil, AC, rio Iquiri (= rio Ituxi) at road from Rio Branco to Abuna at 47 km from Rio Branco, rio Purus system).
Corydoras oxyrhynchus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967:42-43 (Suriname, Brokopondo, Gojo creek, a tributary to Saramacca river, 6 km S of Posoegroenoe).
Callichthys paleatus Jenyns, 1842:113-114 (type-locality
not recorded).
Corydoras maculatus Steindachner, 1879a:32
(a new name for Corydoras punctatus nec Bloch, La Plata).
Corydoras marmoratus Steindachner, 1879b:26-28
(Argentina, Buenos Aires).
Corydoras punctatus var. argentina
Steindachner, 1879b:26 (nomen nudum in the synonymy of C. marmoratus).
Corydoras microcephalus Regan, 1912:211-212
(Argentina, Buenos Aires, La Plata).
Corydoras panda Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1971:186-188 (Peru, Huanuco, Aquas Amarillas, tributary to Río Paquitea, Río Ucayali system).
Corydoras parallelus Burgess, 1993:154-157 (Brazil, rio Içana, upper rio Negro).
Corydoras pastazensis pastazensis Weitzman, 1963:59-63 (Ecuador, Pastaza, Chicherota, near the mouth of Río Bobonaza, a tributary of Río Pastaza, itself a tributary of Río Marañon).
Corydoras pastazensis orcesi Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970:120-123 (Ecuador, Pastaza, Río Conambo, near Village Conambo, Río Tigre system).
Corydoras pinheiroi Dinkelmeyer, 1995:60-61 (Brazil, Rondônia, rio Ribeiro at Guajará-Mirim).
Corydoras polystictus Regan, 1912:216 (Brazil, MT, Descalvados,
16°45'S, 57°40'W).
Corydoras virescens Ribeiro, 1912:16
(Brazil, MT, rio Paraguai at Cáceres).
Corydoras potaroensis Myers, 1927:126-127
(Guyana, Essequibo, Potaro river at 05°20'N, 59°05'W).
Corydoras prionotos Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980a:5-7 (Brazil, ES, Linhares, lagoa Juparaná, rio Doce system).
Corydoras pulcher Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1973:2 and 4 (Brazil, AM, rio Purus, north of Lábrea).
Cataphractus punctatus Bloch, 1794:90 (Suriname).
Corydoras geoffroy Lacépede,
1803:147 (Suriname).
Corydoras pygmaeus Knaack, 1966:168-169 (Brazil, RO, surroundings of Calama, along rio Madeira near mouth of rio Jipiraná (= rio Machado).
Corydoras rabauti La Monte, 1941:5-6 (Brazil,
AM, a tributary of the Amazon river seven days by river boat W from
Manaus (03°06'S, 60°00'W), and four more days journey north
toward the Colombian border).
Corydoras myersi Ribeiro, 1942:427-428
(Brazil, AM, rio Javari, tributary to rio Solimões near Benjamin
Constant).
Corydoras reticulatus Fraser-Brunner, 1938:208 (Brazil, PA, rio Amazonas at Monte Alegre (02°00'S, 54°04'W).
(+) Corydoras revelatus Cockerell, 1925:397-398 (Tertiary fossil from Argentina, Jujuy, Sunchal).
Corydoras reynoldsi Myers & Weitzman, 1960:105-108 (Colombia, Caqueta, Tres Esquinas station no. 12, small tributary to Río Orteguaza, Río Caqueta system).
Corydoras robineae Burgess, 1983:42-43 (Brazil, AM, rio Aiuana, tributary of middle rio Negro).
Corydoras robustus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980b:499-502 (Brazil, AM, rio Purus system, creek into rio Ipixuna, 30 km W of Humaitá).
Corydoras sanchesi Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967:43-44 (Suriname, Brokopondo, Gojo creek above Posoegroenoe, a tributary to Saramacca river).
Corydoras saramaccensis Nijssen, 1970:38-39 (Suriname, Brokopondo, Saramacca river system, creek a right bank of the Kleine Saramacca river, 11 km ESE from the junction with the Saramacca river).
Corydoras sarareensis Dinkelmeyer, 1995:61 (Brazil, Mato Grosso, rio Sararé, tributary of rio Guaporé).
Corydoras schwartzi Rössel, 1963:359-360 (Brazil, AM, mouth of rio Purus).
Corydoras semiaquilus Weitzman, 1964:121-124 (Brazil, AM, igarape Preto, upper rio Solimões).
Corydoras septentrionalis Gosline, 1940:16-17 (Venezuela, Monagas, Río Piña 6 km N of Maturin, Río Guarapiché system).
Corydoras serratus Sands, 1995:14 (Brazil, AM, rio Poranga, tributary of rio Negro).
Corydoras similis Hieronimus, 1991:39-43 (Brazil, RO, Ariquemes, in a tributary (probably rio Jamari) of rio Madeira).
Corydoras simulatus Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970:126-129 (Colombia, Meta, Río Ocoa near Puerto López, Río Meta system).
Corydoras sodalis Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986:68-70 (Peru, Loreto, Río Yavari, Cano de Guavariba dans le Lago Matamata 04°12'S, 70°17'W).
Corydoras solox Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983b:80 (Brazil, AP, rio Oiapoque drainage, 60 km S of Martinique Village - 03°51'N 51°53'W).
Corydoras spilurus Norman, 1926:95 (French Guiana, Inini, Iponcin creek into Approuage river).
Corydoras steindachneri Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1973:4-7 (Brazil, PR, Paranaguá).
Corydoras stenocephalus Eigenmann & Allen, 1942:177 (Peru, Loreto, Yarinococha, system of Río Ucayali - 08°15'S, 74°45'W).
Corydoras sterbai Knaack, 1962:131-132 (Brazil).
Corydoras surinamensis Nijssen, 1970:39-40 (Suriname,
Saramacca, creek at right bank of Coppename river at 03°52'30"N,
56°53'W).
Corydoras schwartzi surinamensis
Nijssen, 1970:39-40.
Corydoras sychri Weitzman, 1960:151-153 (Peru, Loreto, Maynas, Río Nanay).
Corydoras treitlii Steindachner, 1906:478-479 (Brazil, MA, creek into rio Parnaíba near Alto Parnaíba (= Victoria)).
Corydoras trilineatus Cope, 1872:281 (Peru, Loreto, Río
Ambiyacu).
Corydoras episcopi Eigenmann & Allen,
1942:177-178 (Peru, Loreto, Río Morona).
Corydoras dubius Nijssen & Isbrücker,
1967:38-41(Suriname, surroundings of Paramaribo).
Corydoras undulatus Regan, 1912:217 (Argentina, Buenos Aires, La Plata).
Corydoras virginiae Burgess, 1993:152-154 (Perú, Río Ucayali)
Corydoras weitzmani Nijssen, 1971:91-92 (Peru, Cuzco, at Cuzco, Río Vilcanota system).
Corydoras xinguensis Nijssen, 1972:429-432 (Brazil, MT, Suia Missu creek, tributary of upper rio Xingu near Posto Diauarum, 11°15'S, 53°00'W).
Corydoras zygatus Eigenmann & Allen, 1942:175-177 (Peru, Loreto, Río Huallaga system, Yurimaguas).
Dianema Cope, 1871:112. Neut. (type-species by subsequent monotypy
Dianema longibarbis Cope, 1872:276).
Decapogon Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888:165.
Masc. (type-species by monotypy Callichthys adspersus
Steindachner, 1876:135).
Dianema longibarbis Cope, 1872:276 (Peru, Río
Ambyiacu).
Callichthys adspersus Steindachner,
1877:135 (Brazil, Santarém to Tabatinga; rio Xingu).
Decapogon verissimi Ribeiro, 1911:154
(Brazil, Pará).
Dianema urostriatum Ribeiro, 1912:15 (Brazil, AM, Manaus).
Hoplosternum Gill, 1858:395-396. Neut. (type-species by original
designation Callichthys laevigatus Valenciennes).
Cascadura Ellis, 1913:387. Fem. (type-species
by monotypy Cascadura maculocephala Ellis, 1913).
Cataphractops Fowler, 1915:231. Masc. (type-species
by original designation and monotypy Callichthys melampterus
Cope, 1872).
Ellisichthys Ribeiro, 1920:11. Masc. (invalid
substitute for Cascadura).
Callichthys littoralis Hancock, 1828:244-246 (British
Guiana, Demerara).
Callichthys subulatus Valenciennes,
1840:311 (French Guiana, Cayenne).
Callichthys laevigatus Valenciennes,
1840:314 (Argentina, Corrientes).
Callichthys chiquitos Castelnau, 1855:38
(Bolivia, Chiquitos).
Hoplosternum stevardii Gill, 1858:401
(Trinidad, W.I.).
Callichthys albidus Valenciannis, 1840:316
(French Guiana, Cayenne).
Callichthys melampterus Cope, 1872:275
(Peru, Río Ambyiacu).
Hoplosternum schreineri Ribeiro, 1911:150
(Brazil, Pará).
Cascadura maculocephala Ellis, 1913:387
(Brazil, RS, Uruguaiana, rio Uruguai).
Hoplosternum shirui Fowler, 1940:232
(Peru, Río Ucayali).
Hoplosternum littoralis daillyi
Hoedeman, 1952a:7-8 (Suriname, near Paramaribo).
Hoplosternum thoracatum cayenne
Hoedeman, 1961:130 (French Guiana, Ile de Cayenne).
Hoplosternum magdalenae Eigenmann, in Ellis, 1913:412 (Colombia, Soplaviento and Calamar Cienega).
Hoplosternum punctatum Meek & Hildebrand, 1916:264 (Panamá, Río Marte Arnade, 6 miles east of Panama City).
Lepthoplosternum Reis, 1997 Neut. (type-species by original designation Callichthys pectoralis Boulenger).
Lepthoplosternum altamazonicum Reis, 1997 (Río Ucayali, Pucalpa, Peru)
Lepthoplosternum beni Reis, 1997 (Tambopata Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru).
Callichthys pectoralis Boulenger, 1895:525 (Paraguay, Chaco, Monte Sociedad).
Lepthoplosternum tordilho Reis, 1997 (Sanga do Junco, Barra do Ribeiro, RS, Brazil).
Megalechis Reis, 1997 Fem. (type-species by original designation Callichthys thoracatus Valenciennes).
Callichthys personatus Ranzani, 1842:62-63 (Brazil).
Hoplosternum thoracatum surinamensis
Hoedeman, 1952a:5-7 (Suriname).
Callichthys exaratus Müller &
Troschel, 1848:630 (British Guiana).
Callichthys thoracatus Valenciennes, 1840:309 (French
Guiana, Mana).
Callichthys pictus Müller &
Troschel, 1848:630 (British Guiana).
Callichthys sulcatus Kner, 1855:110
(Brazil, Rio Branco, Marabitanas).
Hoplosternum orinocoi Fowler, 1915:229
(Venezuela, La Pedrita, Caño Uracoa, Orinoco delta).
Hoplosternum "lato sensu" Insertae sedis
Callichthys longifilis Valenciennes, 1840:317 (French Guiana, Cayenne).
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