draco, Brachyhypopomus Giora [J.], Malabarba [L. R.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2008:161, Figs. 1-2 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 29707] Parque Estadual de Itapuã Verde, lagoa Verde (30°22'52.4"S, 51°01'25"W), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 41540. Paratypes: many at MCP, MNRJ, UFRGS, ?ZVC. Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Loureiro et al. 2016:414 [ref. 35150], Ferraris et al. 2017:[23] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Brachyhypopomus draco Giora, Malabarba & Crampton 2008 -- (Giora & Malabarba 2009:60 [ref. 30168], Sullivan & Hopkins 2009:183 [ref. 30151], Almirón et al. 2010:572 [ref. 31124], Koerber 2011:6 [ref. 31122], Sullivan et al. 2013:3 [ref. 32879], Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33621], Litz & Koerber 2014:28 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:48 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Crampton et al. 2016:54 [ref. 34832], Nión et al. 2016:34 [ref. 35565] as Brachypopomus, Crampton et al. 2017:712 [ref. 35114], Ferraris et al. 2017:[23] [ref. 35236], Koerber et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35267], Dutra et al. 2021:12 [ref. 38178], Loureiro et al. 2023:82 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Brachyhypopomus draco Giora, Malabarba & Crampton 2008. Hypopomidae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. Habitat: freshwater.