Corydoras Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:147 [ref. 4930]. Masc. Corydoras geoffroy Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. Cataphractus punctatus Bloch 1794 sometimes cited as type but not cited by Lacepède in this subgenus (see Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:192 [ref. 6810]); Lacepède's description apparently independent of Bloch. •Valid as Corydoras Lacepède 1803 -- (Gosline 1940 [ref. 6489], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1979 [ref. 19254], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980 [ref. 6910], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1986 [ref. 6010], Castro 1987 [ref. 16225], Burgess 1989:365 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:147 [ref. 14217], de Pinna 1998:300 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britski et al. 1999:125 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker 1999:38 [ref. 26260], Isbrücker 2001:219 [ref. 26805], Britto & Castro 2002:1012 [ref. 26509], Britto et al. 2002:733 [ref. 26546], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:294 [ref. 27061], Axenot & Kullander 2003:249 [ref. 27393], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:160 [ref. 27953], Knaack 2004:55 [ref. 27989], Knaack 2007:35 [ref. 29221], Britto et al. 2007:293 [ref. 29283], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155], Britto et al. 2009:684 [ref. 30609], Britski & Mendonça 2010:91 [ref. 30773], Calviño & Alonso 2010:199 [ref. 30829]). Current status: Valid as Corydoras Lacepède 1803. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.