Rhinelepis Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1829:2, 4 Fem. Rhinelepis aspera Spix & Agassiz 1829. Type by monotypy. Spelled Rhinelepes by Swainson 1839:304 [ref. 4303], Rinelepis by Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:480 [ref. 1008], and Rhinolepis by Borodin 1927:7 [ref. 12246]. •Valid as Rhinelepis Agassiz 1829 -- (Isbrücker 1980:7 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:429 [ref. 12860], López & Miquelarena 1991:43 [ref. 23548], Armbruster 1998:632 [ref. 23418], Britski et al. 1999:134 [ref. 24147], Quevedo & Reis 2002:409 [ref. 26014], Isbrücker 2002:28 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:367 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 61 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:293 [ref. 29155] with authorship as Spix & Agassiz, Bertaco et al. 2016:419 [ref. 34561]). Current status: Valid as Rhinelepis Agassiz 1829. Loricariidae: Rhinelepinae.