Ageneiosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:132 Masc. Ageneiosus armatus Lacepède 1803. Type by subsequent designation. Type validly designated first by Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1890:299 [ref. 12251]. Spelled Ageneios, Ageniosus and Ageneirosus by early authors. Agenius Agassiz 1846:11 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. See de Pinna 1998:310, 311 [ref. 23847]. •Valid as Ageneiosus Lacepède 1803 -- (Burgess 1989:286 [ref. 12860], Britski et al. 1999:94 [ref. 24147], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:471 [ref. 27061], Schraml 2005:19 [ref. 28585], Ferraris 2007:68 [ref. 29155], Ribeiro & Rapp Py-Daniel 2010:97 [ref. 30759], Birindelli 2014:xx [ref. 33501], Bertaco et al. 2016:416 [ref. 34561], Ribeiro et al. 2017:3 [ref. 35133], Calegari et al. 2019:[98] [ref. 36961]). Current status: Valid as Ageneiosus Lacepède 1803. Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae.