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Species in the genus Xyliphius: [ 9 ] records

anachoretes, Xyliphius Figueiredo [C. A.] & Britto [M. R.] 2010:106, Figs. 1, 2b, 3 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 8 (no. 1); ref. 30760] Rio Tocantins below dam of Serra da Mesa Hydropower Plant, affluent of right bank of rio Tocantins, 13°37'51"S, 48°07'01"W, Goiás State, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 31923. Paratypes: MZUSP 89546 (1). •Valid as Xyliphius anachoretes Figueiredo & Britto 2010 -- (Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187]). Current status: Valid as Xyliphius anachoretes Figueiredo & Britto 2010. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: Upper rio Tocantins and upper rio Araguaia, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

barbatus, Xyliphius Alonso de Arámburu [A. S.] & Arámburu [R. H.] 1962:219, Figs. 1-2 [Physis (Buenos Aires) v. 23 (no. 65); ref. 5772] Río Paraná at Rosario, Province Santa Fe, Argentina. Holotype: MLP 6798 [ex 12-VII-60-26]. Paratypes: MLP 2799 [29-V-40-56] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Miquelarena & Nadalin 2014:15 [ref. 33466]. •Valid as Xyliphius barbatus Alonso de Arámburu & Arámburu 1962 -- (Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:57 [ref. 23791], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:64 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:82 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Calviño & Castello 2008:55 [ref. 29670], Figueiredo & Britto 2010:105 [ref. 30760], Koerber & Litz 2014:3 [ref. 34967], Mirande & Koerber 2015:36 [ref. 35117], Koerber & Litz 2016:4 [ref. 35098], Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187], Koerber et al. 2017:54 [ref. 35267], Koerber et al. 2017:6 [ref. 35632], Koerber et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36736], Koerber et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37480], Mirande & Koerber 2020:2 [ref. 37594], Koerber et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38894], Koerber et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40355], Terán et al. 2024:1087 [ref. 41358]). Current status: Valid as Xyliphius barbatus Alonso de Arámburu & Arámburu 1962. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: Paraguay-Paraná River basin (Argentina, Paraguay and ?Uruguay). IUCN (2023): Near Threatened. Habitat: freshwater.

kryptos, Xiliphius Taphorn [D. C.] & Lilyestrom [C. G.] 1983:43, Fig. 1 [Revista Unellez de Ciencia y Tecnologia v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 19838] Río Aricuaisá, Estado Zulia, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 1224. Paratypes: Univ. de Los Andes V-2521 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155]. Genus should have been spelled Xyliphius. •Synonym of Xyliphius magdalenae Eigenmann 1912 -- (Galvis et al. 1997:77 [ref. 23651] as Xiliphius). •Valid as Xyliphius kryptos Taphorn & Lilyestrom 1983 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Calviño & Castello 2008:55 [ref. 29670], Figueiredo & Britto 2010:105 [ref. 30760], Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35633], Terán et al. 2024:Supplementary material 2, p. 2 [ref. 41358]). Current status: Valid as Xyliphius kryptos Taphorn & Lilyestrom 1983. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

labrosus, Xyliphius Risso [F. J. J.] & Risso [E. N. P. de] 1964:11 [Notas del Museo de Ciencias Naturales del Chaco v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 21159] Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155]. •In the synonymy of Xyliphius barbatus Alonso de Arámburu & Arámburu 1962 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Calviño & Castello 2008:58 [ref. 29760], Carvalho et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35187]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Xyliphius barbatus Alonso de Arámburu & Arámburu 1962. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

lepturus, Xyliphius Orcés V. [G.] 1962:50, Figs. 1-2 [Ciencia y Naturaleza (Quito) v. 5 (no. 2); ref. 5121] Pastaza: río Pucayacu at confluence with rio Bobonaza (Pastaza-Marañon Dr.), Ecuador, 1°54'21.4"S, 77°13'16.3"W. Holotype: Author's coll. 1307 (wherabaouts unknown). Paratypes: Author's coll. 2020 (1); EPN 870-871 (1, 1), 902 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155]. Locality corrected by Mark Sabaj Pérez, 13 Jan. 2016. •Valid as Xyliphius lepturus Orcés V. 1962 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:36 [ref. 37559] as Xiliphius lepturus, Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Calviño & Castello 2008:55 [ref. 29670], Figueiredo & Britto 2010:105 [ref. 30760], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35633], Chuctaya et al. 2022:35 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Xyliphius lepturus Orcés V. 1962. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

lombarderoi, Xyliphius Risso [F. J. J.] & Risso [E. N. P. de] 1964:12, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2) [Notas del Museo de Ciencias Naturales del Chaco v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 21159] Riacho Barranqueras, Rio Paraná, Argentina. Holotype (unique): personal collection of authors. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155] as location of holotype unknown. Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187] report the holotype lost. •Valid as Xyliphius lombarderoi Risso & Risso 1964 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Calviño & Castello 2008:55 [ref. 29670], Figueiredo & Britto 2010:105 [ref. 30760], Mirande & Koerber 2015:36 [ref. 35117]). •Synonym of Xyliphius barbatus Alonso de Arámburu & Arámburu 1962 -- (Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187], Koerber et al. 2017:54 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Xyliphius barbatus Alonso de Arámburu & Arámburu 1962. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Habitat: freshwater.

magdalenae, Xyliphius Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:10 [Indiana University Studies No. 16 [sic No. 8]; ref. 1228] Girardot, Colombia. Holotype (unique): FMNH 56039 [ex CM 4829]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:79 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:85 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155] •Valid as Xyliphius magdalenae Eigenmann 1912 -- (Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Burgess 1989:304 [ref. 12860], Galvis et al. 1997:69 [ref. 23651] as Xiliphius, Diogo et al. 2001:471 [ref. 25997], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Calviño & Castello 2008:55 [ref. 29670], Figueiredo & Britto 2010:105 [ref. 30760], Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35633], Terán et al. 2024:Supplementary material 2, p. 2 [ref. 41358]). Current status: Valid as Xyliphius magdalenae Eigenmann 1912. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: Magdalena River basin (Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.

melanopterus, Xyliphius Orcés V. [G.] 1962:52, Figs. 3-4 [Ciencia y Naturaleza (Quito) v. 5 (no. 2); ref. 5121] Bajo Pucayacu no lejos de su desembocadura en el Bobonaza, Amazon system, Colombia. Holotype: Author's coll. 2021. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Xyliphius melanopterus Orcés V. 1962 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:36 [ref. 37559] as Xiliphius melanopterus, Ortega & Vari 1986:14 [ref. 9708], Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:265 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Calviño & Castello 2008:55 [ref. 29670], Figueiredo & Britto 2010:105 [ref. 30760], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:189 [ref. 35004], Carvalho et al. 2017:26 [ref. 35187], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35633], Terán et al. 2024:Supplementary material 2, p. 2 [ref. 41358]). Current status: Valid as Xyliphius melanopterus Orcés V. 1962. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

sofiae, Xyliphius Sabaj Pérez [M. H.], Carvalho [T. P.] & Reis [R. E.] in Carvalho, Reis & Sabaj 2017:15, Figs. 1, 3A, 4-7, 8A, 9C [Copeia v. 105 (no. 1); ref. 35187] Río Amazonas, main channel in vicinity of Iquitos, Maynas, Loreto, Peru, 03°42'21"S, 073°12'14"W. Holotype (unique): ANSP 182322. •Valid as Xyliphius sofiae Sabaj Pérez, Carvalho & Reis 2017 -- (Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Xyliphius sofiae Sabaj Pérez, Carvalho & Reis 2017. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: Iquitos, Río Amazonas (Peru). Habitat: freshwater.