geoffroy, Corydoras Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:147, 148 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Marchall Creek, east of road Paranam-Afobaka, 1.5 kilometers north of Marchall Village, District Brokopondo, Suriname. Neotype: ZMA 106017. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:117 [ref. 29155]. Type lost (see Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:194 [ref. 6910]). Neotype designated by Isbrücker 1999:40 [ref. 26260]; the neotype is the holotype of Corydoras octocirrusNijssen 1971. •Synonym of Corydoras punctatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:193-194 [ref. 6910], Burgess 1989:365 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Corydoras geoffroy Lacepède 1803 -- (Isbrücker 1999:38 [ref. 24040], Le Bail et al. 2000:196 [ref. 24549], Isbrücker 2000:17 [ref. 26715], Isbrücker 2001:226 [ref. 26805], Britto & Castro 2002:1006 [ref. 26509], Isbrücker 2002:33 [ref. 34642], Isbrücker 2002:69 [ref. 26658], Isbrücker 2002:106 [ref. 26659], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:298 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:117 [ref. 29155], Tencatt & Ohara 2016:[13] [ref. 34353], Tencatt et al. 2016:[17] [ref. 34388], Tencatt & Ohara 2016:432 [ref. 34627]). Current status: Valid as Corydoras geoffroy Lacepède 1803. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae. Distribution: Coastal rivers of French Guiana and Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.