spilurus, Piabuca Günther [A.] 1864:344 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Rio Cupai [= Rio Cupari], Rio Tapajós basin, Amazon River drainage, Pará State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1853.3.19.70. •Valid as Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther 1864) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Géry 1993:97 [ref. 20969], Taphorn 1992:245 [ref. 23654], Lasso et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25928], Moreira in Reis et al. 2003:173 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:48, 184 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35633], Careaga et al. 2020:76 [ref. 37774], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:25 [ref. 41297], Moreira 2024:376 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther 1864). Iguanodectidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.