genidens, Pimelodus Cuvier [G.] 1829:294 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1213 (2) Rio de Janeiro, B-0678 (1) Rio de la Plata. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:10 [ref. 19575] for Cuvier 1829, Ferraris 2007:44 [ref. 29155] Available from brief description, name in footnote. Species described in more detail in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:453, Pl. 419. See Kailola 2004:144 [ref. 28108]. Species epithet misspelled gemidens by Cuvier 1831:216 [ref. 30376]. •Valid as Bagrus genidens Cuvier 1829 -- (Marceniuk & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:42 [ref. 27192]). •Valid as Genidens genidens (Cuvier 1829) -- (López et al. 2003:367 [ref. 27366], Marceniuk & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:450 [ref. 27061], Kailola 2004:144 [ref. 28108], Marceniuk 2005:97 [ref. 28718], Marceniuk & Menezes 2007:66 [ref. 29031], Ferraris 2007:44 [ref. 29155], Marceniuk et al. 2012:667 [ref. 32225], Di Dario et al. 2013:262 [ref. 37503], Catelani et al. 2014:931 [ref. 37496], Litz & Koerber 2014:16 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:28 [ref. 35117], Petry et al. 2016:303 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:33 [ref. 35565] with author as Valenciennes 1840, Spier et al. 2018:7 [ref. 36103], Marceniuk et al. 2019:439 [ref. 36658], Ribeiro et al. 2019:8 [ref. 36717], Carvalho-Filho 2023:72 [ref. 40480], Marceniuk et al. 2023:17 [ref. 40422]). Current status: Valid as Genidens genidens (Cuvier 1829). Ariidae: Ariinae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Guyana south to La Plata River estuary (Argentina). Habitat: brackish.