Heptapterus Bleeker [P.] 1858:197, 204, 208 Masc. Pimelodus mustelinus Valenciennes 1835. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 -- (Mees 1974:177 [ref. 2969], Stewart 1986:668 [ref. 5211], Mees 1986:320 [ref. 5693], Mees 1987 [ref. 6619], Buckup 1988 [ref. 6635], Burgess 1989:276 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:139 [ref. 14217], de Pinna 1998:315, 316 [ref. 23847], Bockman & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:412 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:184 [ref. 29155], Bockmann & Castro 2010:692 [ref. 31072], Aguilera et al. 2010:240 [ref. 31080], Azpelicueta et al. 2011:319 [ref. 31489], Bertaco et al. 2016:417 [ref. 34561], Aguilera et al. 2017:572 [ref. 35499], Faustino-Fuster et al. 2019:352 [ref. 36604], Deprá et al. 2022:327 [ref. 39580], Deprá et al. 2023:147 [ref. 39829]). Current status: Valid as Heptapterus Bleeker 1858. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae.