dispilurus, Epapterus Cope [E. D.] 1878:677 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 17 (no. 101); ref. 945] Upper Amazon River, Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 21353. Paralectotypes: ANSP 21354 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:24 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:74 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype established by Fowler 1941:468 [ref. 23621]. •Valid as Epapterus dispilurus Cope 1878 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:14 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:241 [ref. 12860], Vari & Ferraris 1998:992 [ref. 23503], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:475 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:56 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:83 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:74 [ref. 29155], Birindelli 2014:535 [ref. 33501], Sarmiento et al. 2014:190 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:30 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35267], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:87 [ref. 35633], Calegari et al. 2019:[95] [ref. 36961], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Epapterus dispilurus Cope 1878. Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River and Paraguay River basins (Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.