Pimelodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:93 Masc. Pimelodus maculatus Lacepède 1803. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1861:47 [ref. 1673]. Later incorrectly designated by Bleeker as bagre (Bleeker 1862:386 [391], 1862:8 [ref. 393]). •Valid as Pimelodus Lacepède 1803 -- (Mees 1974:130 [ref. 2969], Burgess 1989:279 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:142 [ref. 14217], Lundberg et al. 1991:842 [ref. 19175], de Pinna 1998:314 [ref. 23847], Britski et al. 1999:99 [ref. 24147], Ferraris 2003:856 [ref. 26999], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:438 [ref. 27061], Ribeiro & Lucena 2006:321 [ref. 28962], Ribeiro & Lucena 2006:411 [ref. 28899], Ribeiro & Lucena 2007:75 [ref. 29174], Garavello & Shibatta 2007:285 [ref. 29282], Ferraris 2007:336 [ref. 29155], Souza-Filhol & Shibatta 2007:472 [ref. 29504], Azpelicueta et al. 2008:149 [ref. 29736], Ribeiro et al. 2008:455 [ref. 29855], Rocha & Ribeiro 2010:57 [ref. 30700], Ribeiro & Lucena 2010:277 [ref. 30865], Ribeiro et al. 2011:127 [ref. 31238], Kottelat 2013:215 [ref. 32989], Bertaco et al. 2016:420 [ref. 34561], Lucinda et al. 2016:337 [ref. 34916], Villa-Navarro et al. 2017:337 [ref. 35495], Costa e Silva et al. 2018:97 [ref. 35734], Grant 2021:84 [ref. 38702], Martínez et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39275], Filho et al. 2024:4 [ref. 40919]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodus Lacepède 1803. Pimelodidae.