Brachyglanis Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:130, 156 Fem. Brachyglanis frenata Eigenmann 1912. Type by original designation. First published as Breviglanis (name only) and type species as Breviglanis frenata (name only, plus two more name-only species) in Eigenmann 1910:384 [ref. 1224]. Breviglanis is not available. Brachyglanis from the Greek words, so the gender is feminine. •Valid as Brachyglanis Eigenmann 1912 -- (Burgess 1989:276 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:315, 316 [ref. 23847], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:410 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento & Lundberg 2005:39 [ref. 28255], Ferraris 2007:180 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:144 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Valid as Brachyglanis Eigenmann 1912. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae.