pati, Pimelodus Valenciennes [A.] 1835:Pl. 1 (figs. 7-9) [Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale; ref. 20720] Buenos Aires, Argentina. Holotype: ?MNHN A-9419 (1, dry). Non-types: MNHN A-9418 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:59 [ref. 19575] as syntypes; technically the figured specimen is the unique holotype, Ferraris 2007:334 [ref. 29155]. Name available from plate, description in Valenciennes 1847:7 [ref. 5010]. Pl. 1 was published in 1835. See also Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:176 [ref. 1008]. •Valid as Luciopimelodus pati (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Burgess 1989:275 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:60 [ref. 23791], Sverlij et al. 1998:59 [ref. 27632], Britski et al. 1999:104 [ref. 24147], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:437 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:59 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:83 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:334 [ref. 29155], Litz & Koerber 2014:19 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:192 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:31 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:420 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:34 [ref. 35565], Grant 2021:75 [ref. 38702], Loureiro et al. 2023:134 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Luciopimelodus pati (Valenciennes 1835). Pimelodidae. Distribution: South America: La Plata and Blanco River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.