marthae, Brachyrhamdia Sands [D. D.] & Black [B. K.] 1985:58(4), Photographs on pp. 58(7)-58(8) [Catfishes of the World v. 3 Supplements (First Set); ref. 19842] Peru (?), aquarium import. Holotype (unique): RMNH 29424. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Pimelodella marthae (Sands & Black 1985) -- (Burgess 1989:281 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Rhamdia marthae (Sands & Black 1985) -- (Zarske 2003:48 [ref. 27476]). •Valid as Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & Black 1985 -- (Bockmann & Guazzelli in Reis et al. 2003:411 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:181 [ref. 29155], Slobodian & Bockmann 2013:20 [ref. 32905], Barriga Salazar 2014:114 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:191 [ref. 35004], Slobodian & Bockmann 2016:358 [ref. 34933], Grant 2021:149 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Valid as Brachyrhamdia marthae Sands & Black 1985. Heptapteridae: Rhamdiinae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. Habitat: freshwater.