Silvinichthys Arratia [G.] 1998:356 Masc. Trichomycterus mendozensis Arratia, Chang G., Menu-Marque & Rojas M. 1978. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Silvinichthys Arratia 1998 -- (Fernández & Bichuette 2002:278 [ref. 26539], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:278 [ref. 27061], Fernández & de Pinna 2005:100 [ref. 28093], Ferraris 2007:413 [ref. 29155], Sarmento-Soares et al. 2011:268 [ref. 31385], Rizzato et al. 2011:478 [ref. 31516], Fernández et al. 2011:227 [ref. 31662], Datovo et al. 2012:40 [ref. 31994], Lezuma et al. 2012:60 [ref. 32020], Bichuette & Rizzato 2012:48 [ref. 32163], Fernández et al. 2013:367 [ref. 32531], Fernández et al. 2014:372 [ref. 33141], Fernández & Liotta 2016:375 [ref. 34919], Fernández et al. 2017:41 [ref. 35112]). Current status: Valid as Silvinichthys Arratia 1998. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae.