Phenacorhamdia Dahl [G.] 1961:504 Fem. Phenacorhamdia macarenensis Dahl 1961. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Heptapterus Bleeker 1858 -- (Mees 1974:177 [ref. 2969], but see Buckup 1988 [ref. 6635]). •Valid as Phenacorhamdia Dahl 1961 -- (Britski 1993 [ref. 21110], Burgess & Finley 1996:166 [ref. 22901], de Pinna 1998:316 [ref. 23847], Britski et al. 1999:97 [ref. 24147], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:416 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:188 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento & Milani 2008:164 [ref. 29737], Bockmann & Castro 2010:692 [ref. 31072], Rocha et al. 2018:353 [ref. 35864], Silva 2020:275 [ref. 37978], Grant 2021:166 [ref. 38702], Silva et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39268]). Current status: Valid as Phenacorhamdia Dahl 1961. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae.