maculatus, Gasteropelecus Steindachner [F.] 1879:151 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 15) (for 19 June 1879); ref. 20478] Mamoni River near Chepo, Panama. Syntypes: (several) NMW. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:168 [p. 20 in separate], Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [ref. 18782]. •Valid as Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879 -- (Weitzman 1960:224 [ref. 9611], Galvis et al. 1997:38 [ref. 23651], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:106 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:115 [ref. 34894], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879. Gasteropelecidae. Distribution: Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.