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Species in the genus Brachyglanis: [ 5 ] records

frenata, Brachyglanis Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:156 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Amatuk, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH [ex CM 1670] (missing). Paratypes: (2) BMNH 1911.10.31.124 (1), CAS 63394 [ex IU 12052] (1, missing). Type catalog: Henn 1928:75 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:17 [ref. 12367] as type missing, Ferraris 2007:180 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as name only in Eigenmann 1910:384 [ref. 1224] as Breviglanis. •Valid as Brachyglanis frenata Eigenmann 1912 -- (Burgess 1989:276 [ref. 12860], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:410 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:180 [ref. 29155] as frenatus, Taphorn et al. 2022:48 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Brachyglanis frenata Eigenmann 1912. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo, Negro, Orinoco and Urubu River basins (Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

magoi, Brachyglanis Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1967:162, Pl. 1 [Acta Biologica Venezuelica v. 5 (art. 10); ref. 7889] Río Uruyén, Venezuelan Guiana. Holotype: AFY 56611. Paratypes: MHNLS [ex AFY 56612] (orig. 86); MBUCV-V-2600 (30), V-10710 (27), V-10764 (30). Type catalog: Lasso et al. 1997:47 [ref. 23639] with no mention of holotype, Provenzano et al. 1998:4 [ref. 24196], Ferraris 2007:180 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Brachyglanis magoi Fernández-Yépez 1967 -- (Burgess 1989:276 [ref. 12860], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:410 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:180 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Brachyglanis magoi Fernández-Yépez 1967. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae. Distribution: Caroní River basin in Orinoco River drainage, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

melas, Brachyglanis Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:157, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Crab Falls, Essequibo River, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53217 [ex CM 1672]. Paratypes: (12, CM and IU) BMNH 1911.10.31.62 (1); CAS 63391 [ex IU 12053] (2), 63392 [ex IU 12054] (1); FMNH 53218 (2), 53569-70 (1, 1); MCZ 30084 (1); CAS-SU 21905 (1, missing); USNM 66124 [ex CM] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:75 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:43 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:17 [ref. 12367], Ferraris & Vari 1992:32 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Brachyglanis melas Eigenmann 1912 -- (Burgess 1989:276 [ref. 12860], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:410 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155], Taphorn et al. 2022:48 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Brachyglanis melas Eigenmann 1912. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo River basin (Guyana) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.

microphthalmus, Brachyglanis Bizerril [C. R. S. F.] 1991:2, Figs. 1-2 [Boletim do Museu Nacional, Zoologia (N. S.) No. 347; ref. 19924] Igarapé Saracá of Lake Sapucuá, Rio Trombetas drainage, Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 11788. Paratypes: MNRJ 11791-93 (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155]. The gender of Brachyglanis is feminine, the adjective should be microphthalma. •Valid as Brachyglanis microphthalma Bizerril 1991 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:166 [ref. 22901] as microphthalmus, Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:410 [ref. 27061] as microphthalmus, Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155] as microphthalmus). Current status: Valid as Brachyglanis microphthalma Bizerril 1991. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae. Distribution: South America: Trombetas River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

phalacra, Brachyglanis Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:157, Pl. 12 (fig. 1), Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Amatuk Cataract, Guyana. Holotype (unique): FMNH 53216 [ex CM 1671]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:75 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:17 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as name only in Eigenmann 1910:384 [ref. 1224]. •Valid as Brachyglanis phalacra Eigenmann 1912 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:166 [ref. 22901], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:410 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155], Taphorn et al. 2022:48 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Brachyglanis phalacra Eigenmann 1912. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo River basin (Guyana) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.