caelatus, Callichthys Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:308 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4258 (2), 0000-4259 (1 or 2) Bahia. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:64 [ref. 19575] as coelatus, Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155], Litz & Koerber 2014:22 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:39 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus 1758). Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae. Habitat: freshwater.