Ernstichthys Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1953:3, 4 Masc. Ernstichthys anduzei Fernández-Yépez 1953. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ernstichthys Fernández-Yépez 1953 -- (Stewart 1985:12 [ref. 5239], Mees 1988:91 [ref. 6401], Burgess 1989:304 [ref. 12860], Friel & Lundberg 1996:647 [ref. 22226], de Pinna 1996:65 [ref. 24146], de Pinna 1998:318 [ref. 23847], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:264 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:60 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:607 [ref. 30972], Dagosta & de Pinna 2021:1 [ref. 38286]). Current status: Valid as Ernstichthys Fernández-Yépez 1953. Aspredinidae: Hoplomyzontinae.