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Genera in the family or subfamily Callichthyidae: [ 25 ] records

Aspidoras Ihering [R. von] 1907:30, 31 Masc. Aspidoras rochai Ihering 1907. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Aspidoras Ihering 1907 -- (Gosline 1940:9 [ref. 6489], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1976 [ref. 7077], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980 [ref. 6921], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860], Britto 1998:359 [ref. 23327], de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britto 2000:1048 [ref. 25022], Lima & Britto 2001:1010 [ref. 25818], Isbrücker 2001:215 [ref. 26805], Britto & Castro 2002:1012 [ref. 26509], Britto et al. 2002:733 [ref. 26546], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:291 [ref. 27061], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27953], Britto et al. 2005:473 [ref. 28459], Ferraris 2007:108 [ref. 29155], Secutti et al. 2011:689 [ref. 31723], Leão et al. 2015:577 [ref. 33891], Tencatt & Bichuette 2017:1 [ref. 35168], Oliveira et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35227], Tencatt et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37733], Tencatt et al. 2022:6 [ref. 39729], Dias et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Valid as Aspidoras Ihering 1907. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Brochis Cope [E. D.] 1871:112 Fem. Brochis coeruleus Cope 1872. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first without species, more fully described in Cope 1872:277-278 [ref. 921] where two species were added; type designated by Cope (in describing second species he refers to first as the type species). •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepéde 1803 -- (Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Brochis Cope 1871 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1970 [ref. 22239], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1983 [ref. 5387], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britski et al. 1999:126 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker 2001:217 [ref. 26805], Britto & Castro 2002:1012 [ref. 26509], Britto et al. 2002:733 [ref. 26546], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27953], Dias et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Valid as Brochis Cope 1871. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Callichthys Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:451 Masc. Silurus callichthys Linnaeus 1758. Appeared first without species; first addition of species not researched. Original spelling was Calichthys, and that spelling is regarded as a misprint for Callichthys (or Art. 33.3.1 can be used to suppress the original spelling). •Valid as Callichthys Scopoli 1777 -- (Gosline 1940:6 [ref. 6489], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:146 [ref. 14217], de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britski et al. 1999:124 [ref. 24147], Franz 2001:21 [ref. 25831], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27953], Ferraris 2007:110 [ref. 29155], Ardila Rodríguez 2006:3 [ref. 29567], Bertaco et al. 2016:416 [ref. 34561]). Current status: Valid as Callichthys Scopoli 1777. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Callichthys Gronow [L. T.] 1763:127 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). •In the synonymy of Callichthys Scopoli 1777 -- (Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Callichthys Scopoli 1777. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Callichthys Linck [H. F.] 1790:32 Masc. Silurus callichthys Linnaeus 1758. Possibly is an available use of Callichthys Gronow 1763; not intended as a new genus by Linck. •Synonym of Callichthys Scopoli 1777 -- (Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:110 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Callichthys Scopoli 1777. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Callichthys Meuschen [F. C.] 1778:39 Masc. Silurus callichthys Linnaeus 1758. Original not seen; taken from Fowler (MS). Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 260). •In the synonymy of Callichthys Scopoli 1777 -- (Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:110 [ref. 29155]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Callichthys Scopoli 1777. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Cascadura Ellis [M. D.] 1913:387 Fem. Cascadura maculocephala Ellis 1913. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Cascadura Ellis 1913 -- (Gosline 1940:8 [ref. 6489]). •Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858 -- (Reis 1997:301 [ref. 22747], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:304 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:127 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Cataphractops Fowler [H. W.] 1915:231 Masc. Callichthys melampterus Cope 1872. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Cataphractops Fowler 1915 -- (Gosline 1940:8 [ref. 6489], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858 -- (Reis 1997:301 [ref. 22747], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:304 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:127 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Cataphractus Bloch [M. E.] 1794:80 Masc. Silurus callichthys Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1917:51 [ref. 2407]. •Objective synonym of Callichthys Scopoli 1777 -- (Gosline 1940:6 [ref. 6489], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:110 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Callichthys Scopoli 1777. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Chaenothorax Cope [E. D.] 1878:679 Masc. Chaenothorax bicarinatus Cope 1878. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched. Cope used n. gen. n. sp. for one species, but the second species was not new; therefore not an indication and not type by original designation (contra Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Brochis Cope 1871 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1970:157 [ref. 22239], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1983:179 [ref. 5387], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Isbrücker 2001:217 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Dias et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Synonym of Brochis Cope 1871. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Cordorinus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:89 Masc. Corydoras geoffroy Lacepède 1803. Type by being a replacement name. As "Cordorinus R. [Rafinesque] Corydoras Lac. [Lacepède]." An available replacement name (unneeded) for and objective synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803. •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6910], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155], Dias et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Corydoras Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:147 Masc. Corydoras geoffroy Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. Cataphractus punctatus Bloch 1794 sometimes cited as type but not cited by Lacepède in this subgenus (see Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6810]); Lacepède's description apparently independent of Bloch. •Valid as Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Gosline 1940 [ref. 6489], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1979 [ref. 19254], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980 [ref. 6910], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1986 [ref. 6010], Castro 1987 [ref. 16225], Burgess 1989:365 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:147 [ref. 14217], de Pinna 1998:300 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britski et al. 1999:125 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker 1999:38 [ref. 26260], Isbrücker 2001:219 [ref. 26805], Britto & Castro 2002:1012 [ref. 26509], Britto et al. 2002:733 [ref. 26546], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061], Axenot & Kullander 2003:249 [ref. 27393], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:160 [ref. 27953], Knaack 2004:55 [ref. 27989], Knaack 2007:35 [ref. 29221], Britto et al. 2007:293 [ref. 29283], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155], Britto et al. 2009:684 [ref. 30609], Britski & Mendonça 2010:91 [ref. 30773], Calviño & Alonso 2010:199 [ref. 30829], Tencatt et al. 2014:71 [ref. 33230], Tencatt et al. 2014:89 [ref. 33232], Tencatt & Britto 2016:[1] [ref. 34336], Tencatt & Ohara 2016:[1] [ref. 34353], Tencatt & Evers 2016:[1] [ref. 34387], Tencatt et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 34388], Tencatt & Ohara 2016:430 [ref. 34627], Ottoni et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34756], Ohara et al. 2016:539 [ref. 34772], Bertaco et al. 2016:416 [ref. 34561], Lima & Sazima 2017:19 [ref. 35111], Espíndola et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35899], Bono et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36480], Tencatt et al. 2019:[1] [ref. 36697], Lima & Britto 2020:518 [ref. 37324], Bentley et al. 2021:184 [ref. 38185], Tencatt et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38289], Tencatt et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39741], Tencatt et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40180], Tencatt et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40562], Tencatt et al. 2024:1 [ref. 40850], Dias et al. 2024:4 [ref. 41219], Tencatt et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41298]). Current status: Valid as Corydoras Lacepède 1803. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Decapogon Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1888:165 Masc. Callichthys adspersus Steindachner 1876. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Dianema Cope 1871 -- (Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Ferraris 2007:127 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Dianema Cope 1871. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Dianema Cope [E. D.] 1871:112 Neut. Dianema longibarbis Cope 1872. Type by subsequent monotypy. Appeared first as above, with brief description and no species; species added by Cope 1872:276 [ref. 921]. •Valid as Dianema Cope 1871 -- (Gosline 1940:9 [ref. 6489], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Franz 2001:21[ref. 25831], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27953], Ferraris 2007:127 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Dianema Cope 1871. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Diasternum Franz [D.] 2001:17 Neut. Hoplosternum punctatum Meek & Hildebrand 1916. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858 -- (Ferraris 2007:127 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Ellisichthys Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1920:11 Masc. Cascadura maculocephala Ellis 1913. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Cascadura Ellis 1913, apparently not preoccupied. •In the synonymy of Cascadura Ellis 1913 -- (Gosline 1940:8 [ref. 6489]). •Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858 -- (Reis 1997:301 [ref. 22747], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:304 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:127 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplosternum Gill 1858. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Gastrodermus Cope [E. D.] 1878:681 Masc. Corydoras elegans Steindachner 1876. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Gosline 1940:10 [ref. 6489]. Genus for type species misspelled Corydorus. •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6910], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Isbrücker 2001:219 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Gastrodermus Cope 1878 -- (Dias et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Valid as Gastrodermus Cope 1878. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Hoplisoma Swainson [W.] 1838:336 Neut. Cataphractus punctatus Bloch 1794. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Swainson 1839:188, 189, 304 [ref. 4303]. Hoplosoma Agassiz 1846:185, 186 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6910], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Isbrücker 2001:219 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Hoplisoma Swainson 1838 -- (Dias et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41219], Tencatt et al. 2025:1 [ref. 42064], Tencatt et al. 2025:6 [ref. 42519]). Current status: Valid as Hoplisoma Swainson 1838. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Hoplosternum Gill [T. N.] 1858:395 Neut. Callichthys laevigatus Valenciennes 1834. Type by original designation. Spelled Hoplosternon by Bleeker 1862:391 [ref. 391]. •Valid as Hoplosternum Gill 1858 -- (Gosline 1940:6 [ref. 6489], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:148 [ref. 14217], Reis 1997:299, 301 [ref. 22747], de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britski et al. 1999:124 [ref. 24147], Franz 2001:20 [ref. 25831], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:304 [ref. 27061], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27953], Ferraris 2007:127 [ref. 29155], Scharpf 2007:5 [ref. 30398], Bertaco et al. 2016:416 [ref. 34561]). Current status: Valid as Hoplosternum Gill 1858. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Lepthoplosternum Reis [R. E.] 1997:315 Neut. Callichthys pectoralis Boulenger 1895. Type by original designation. •Valid as Lepthoplosternum Reis 1997 -- (de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Franz 2001:21 [ref. 25831], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:305 [ref. 27061], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27953], Reis & Kaefer 2005:724 [ref. 28481], Knaack 2006:49 [ref. 30731], Ferraris 2007:128 [ref. 29155], Bertaco et al. 2016:416 [ref. 34561]). Current status: Valid as Lepthoplosternum Reis 1997. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Megalechis Reis [R. E.] 1997:310 Fem. Callichthys thoracatus Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation. •Valid as Megalechis Reis 1997 -- (de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Franz 2001:21 [ref. 25831], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:305 [ref. 27061], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27953], Reis et al. 2005:678 [ref. 28320], Ferraris 2007:129 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Megalechis Reis 1997. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.

Microcorydoras (subgenus of Corydoras) Myers [G. S.] 1953:270 Masc. Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6910], Isbrücker 2001:219 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:112 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Gastrodermus Cope 1878 -- (Dias et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Synonym of Gastrodermus Cope 1878. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Osteogaster Cope [E. D.] 1894:102 Fem. Corydoras eques Steindachner 1876. Type by original designation. Misspelled Osteogater by Jordan 1920:464 [ref. 4905]. •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6910], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Isbrücker 2001:219 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061], Britto 2003:148 [ref. 27338], Ferraris 2007:112 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Osteogaster Cope 1894 -- (Dias et al. 2024:8 [ref. 41219], Tencatt et al. 2025:1 [ref. 42245]). Current status: Valid as Osteogaster Cope 1894. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Scleromystax (subgenus of Callichthys) Günther [A.] 1864:225, 229 Masc. Callichthys barbatus Quoy & Gaimard 1824. Type by monotypy. Described as a subgenus in key (p. 225) with species on p. 229. •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6910], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Isbrücker 2001:219 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Scleromystax Günther 1864 -- (Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Britto & Reis 2005:481 [ref. 28458], Ferraris 2007:129 [ref. 20155], Bertaco et al. 2016:416 [ref. 34561], Britto et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 34806], Dias et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Valid as Scleromystax Günther 1864. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.

Urkumayu Alonso [F.], Terán [G. E.], Aguilera [G.], Montes [M. M.], Serra Alanís [W. S.], Calviño [P.], Vera-Alcaraz [H. S.], Cardoso [Y.], Koerber [S.] & Mirande [J. M.] 2024:3 Masc. Corydoras gladysae Calviño & Alonso 2010. Type by original designation. Temporarily regarded as a synonym, due to the various not researched species of Hoplisoma. •Synonym of Hoplisoma Swainson 1838 -- (Tencatt et al. 2025:1 [ref. 42519]). Current status: Synonym of Hoplisoma Swainson 1838. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.