maculatus, Doras Valenciennes [A.] 1834:Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale; ref. 20720] Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Paraná. Holotype: MNHN B-0201 (1 of 2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:18 [ref. 19575] as paratypes, Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155]. Name available from plate, description in Valenciennes 1847:7 [ref. 5010]. Pl. 5 was published in 1834. See also Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:281 [ref. 1008]. •Synonym of Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes 1821) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:465 [ref. 27061] with question, Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155] with question, Litz & Koerber 2014:17 [ref. 33622] with question, Mirande & Koerber 2015:29 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes 1821). Doradidae: Doradinae. Habitat: freshwater.