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Genera in the family or subfamily Astroblepidae: [ 6 ] records

Arges Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:333 Masc. Arges sabalo Valenciennes 1840. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Arges Goldfuss 1839 in Trilobites and by Arges de Haan 1833 in Crustacea. •Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805 -- (Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:312 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805. Astroblepidae.

Astroblepus Humboldt [F. H. A. von] 1805:19 Masc. Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt 1805. Type by monotypy. Spelled Astroblepes by Swainson 1838:322, et. seq. [ref. 4302] and 1839:189, 308 [ref. 4303]. •Valid as Astroblepus Humboldt 1805 -- (Burgess 1989:449 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:302 [ref. 23847], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:312 [ref. 27061], Proudlove 2006:155 [ref. 28992], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155], Ardila Rodríguez 2011:23 [ref. 31411], Ardila Rodríguez 2011:1 [ref. 32731], Ardila Rodríguez 2013:[1] [ref. 33713], Ardila Rodríguez 2014:1 [ref. 33721], Ardila Rodríguez 2014:3 [ref. 33776], Ardila Rodríguez 2015:125 [ref. 34163], Ardila Rodríguez 2015:1 [ref. 34412], Ardila Rodríguez 2016:1 [ref. 34888], Ardila Rodríguez 2018:1 [ref. 36328]). Current status: Valid as Astroblepus Humboldt 1805. Astroblepidae.

Brontes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:341 Masc. Brontes prenadilla Valenciennes 1840. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Brontes Fabricius 1801 in Coleoptera, Brontes de Montfort 1810 in Mollusca, and Brontes Goldfuss 1839 in trilobites; replaced by Strephon Gistel 1848. •Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805 -- (Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:312 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805. Astroblepidae.

Cyclopium Swainson [W.] 1838:356 Neut. Cyclopium humboldtii Swainson 1839 (= Pimelodus cyclopium Humboldt 1805). Type by monotypy. Genus dates to 1838:356, without species. Also in Swainson 1839:189 and 305 [ref. 4303] (species added). C. humboldtii Swainson is unneeded substitute for cyclopius. •Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805 -- (Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:312 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805. Astroblepidae.

Strephon Gistel [J.] 1848:VIII Masc. Brontes prenadilla Valenciennes 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Brontes Valenciennes 1840, preoccupied by Brontes Fabricius 1801 in Coleoptera, de Montfort 1810 in Mollusca, and Goldfuss 1839 in Trilobites. •Synonym of Astroblepus Humbodt 1805 -- (Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:312 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805. Astroblepidae.

Stygogenes Günther [A.] 1864:223 Masc. Cyclopium humboldtii Swainson 1839. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:332 [ref. 4904]. •Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805 -- (Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:313 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Astroblepus Humboldt 1805. Astroblepidae.