australis, Pimelodella laticeps var. Eigenmann [C. H.] 1917:243 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (no. 4); ref. 15088] Uruguayana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 57962 [ex CM 6950]. Paratypes: FMNH 57963-66 (21, 16, 2, 4). Type catalog: Henn 1928:77 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:66 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:189 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Pimelodella laticeps Eigenmann 1917, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Malabarba 1989:141 [ref. 14217], Burgess 1989:280 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Pimelodella australis Eigenmann 1917 -- (Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:417 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:189 [ref. 29155], Litz & Koerber 2014:20 [ref. 33622], Bertaco et al. 2016:417 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:33 [ref. 35565], Slobodian et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35643], Loureiro et al. 2023:128 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodella australis Eigenmann 1917. Heptapteridae: Rhamdiinae. Distribution: South America: Uruguay River basin and coastal river drainages from Tubarão River to coastal lagoons of Rio Grande do Sul State (Brazil) and Uruguay. Habitat: freshwater.