brevifilis, Ageneiosus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:242 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Suriname. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2975 (larger of 2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:69 [ref. 29155]. For information on type and locality see Boeseman 1972:303 [ref. 19698]. •Valid as Ageneiosus brevifilis Valenciennes 1840 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:14 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:286 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:61 [ref. 23791], Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901], Sverlij et al. 1998:44 [ref. 27632], Britski et al. 1999:94 [ref. 24147], Le Bail et al. 2000:54 [ref. 24549], Lasso et al. 2001:97 [ref. 25928], López et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:83 [ref. 28131]). •Synonym of Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:471 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:69 [ref. 29155], Litz & Koerber 2014:17 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:29 [ref. 35117], Ribeiro et al. 2017:25 [ref. 35133], Koerber et al. 2017:45 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Ageneiosus inermis (Linnaeus 1766). Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae. Habitat: freshwater.