velites, Aspidoras Britto [M. R.], Lima [F. C. T.] & Moreira [C. R.] 2002:728, Figs. 1-3 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 115 (no. 4); ref. 26546] Córrego Boiadeiro, kilometer 487.08 of Ferronorte railroad, 17°20'01"S, 53°14'53"W, município de alto Araguaia, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 74447. Paratypes: AMNH 232394 (5); INPA 18147 (5); MCP 29060 (5); MZUSP 73247 (25), 73264 (89), 73351 (19); USNM 367502 (5). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:110 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Aspidoras velites Britto, Lima & Moreira 2002 -- (Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Britto et al. 2005:477 [ref. 28459], Ferraris 2007:110 [ref. 29155], Wosiacki et al. 2014:316 [ref. 33356], Leão et al. 2015:578 [ref. 33891], Tencatt & Bichuette 2017:21 [ref. 35168], Oliveira et al. 2017:[7] [ref. 35227], Tencatt et al. 2022:141 [ref. 39729], Dias et al. 2024:24 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Valid as Aspidoras velites Britto, Lima & Moreira 2002. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae. Distribution: South America: upper Araguaia River drainage, Mato Grosso and Goiás, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.