megalura, Pimelodella Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1918:638 [10] [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 10; ref. 3725] São Luiz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Paraguay River basin, Brazil. Lectotype: MNRJ 865A. Paralectotypes: (21) MNRJ 865 (4), MZUSP 1986 (1), MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 5265-79 (12). Type catalog: Miranda Ribeiro 1955:403 [ref. 12732], Britski 1969:205 [ref. 12401], Ferraris 2007:193 [ref. 29155]. On p. 10 of separate. Lectotype selected by Miranda Ribeiro 1953:403 [ref. 12732] [but perhaps specimen not isolated]. •Valid as Pimelodella megalura Miranda Ribeiro 1918 -- (Burgess 1989:281 [ref. 12860], Britski et al. 1999:98 [ref. 24147], Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:419 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:193 [ref. 29155], Slobodian et al. 2017:97 [ref. 35643], Pierre & Slobodian 2024:14 [ref. 41002]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodella megalura Miranda Ribeiro 1918. Heptapteridae: Rhamdiinae. Distribution: South America: upper Paraguay River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.