whiteheadi, Pristigaster Menezes [N. A.] & de Pinna [M. C. C.] 2000:239, Figs. 1, 2B [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 113 (no. 1); ref. 24411] Ferreria Gomes, Rio Araguari, Amapá, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 52963. Paratypes: AMNH 227329 (1); BMNH 1897.12.1.197-199 (3); FMNH 101946 (1), 107783 (1); INPA 8555 (21); MZUSP 5493 (1), 6220 (1), 6600 (1), 7625 (1), 11391 (8), 11392-93 (2), 11394-403 (10), 11404 (1), 18512 (1), 18516 (1), 18694 (3), 27597 (1), 30341 (2), 49597 (3), 52948-56 (5, 21, 2, 1, 2, 1, 7, 1, 8), 52957-60 (1, 1, 1, 1), 52962 (1); USNM 351306 (1). •Valid as Pristigaster whiteheadi Menezes & de Pinna 2000 -- (de Pinna & Di Dario in Reis et al. 2003:44 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:40 [ref. 27192], Barriga Salazar 2014:104 [ref. 35745], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:14 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Pristigaster whiteheadi Menezes & de Pinna 2000. Pristigasteridae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.