piraaiba, Piratinga Goeldi [E. A.] 1898:464, 477, Pl. (fig. 4) [Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia v. 2 (no. 4, art. 3) (for 1897-1898); ref. 1826] Pará, Brazil. Holotype: Whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155]. Original as pirá-aïba; no description but available from plate caption. •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein 1819) -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:434 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:32 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein 1819). Pimelodidae. Habitat: freshwater.