Pterygoplichthys Gill [T. N.] 1858:408 Masc. Hypostomus duodecimalis Valenciennes 1840. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:2 [ref. 393] and 1863:78 [ref. 401] (with genus misspelled Pterygophlichtys). •Valid as Pterygoplichthys Gill 1858 -- (Isbrücker 1980:39 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860], López & Miquelarena 1991:37 [ref. 23548], Weber 1991 [ref. 19114], Weber 1992:3 [ref. 19714], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2002:28 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:366 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 61 [ref. 27644], Armbruster & Page 2006:401 [ref. 28898], Scharpf 2006:20 [ref. 30386], Ferraris 2007:290 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:215 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:211 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Pterygoplichthys Gill 1858. Loricariidae: Hypostominae.