pellopterygius, Microglanis Mees [G. F.] 1978:256, Pl. 2 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 53 (no. 23); ref. 5691] Tributary stream of Río Aguarico at Santa Cecilia, 0°06'N, 76°51'W, Napo, Ecuador. Holotype: ANSP 130437. Paratypes: ANSP 139738 (1), RMNH 27714 [ex ANSP 130437] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:142 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:354 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Microglanis pellopterygius Mees 1978 -- (Burgess 1989:276 [ref. 12860], Bizerril & Perez-Neto 1992:97 [ref. 19724], Grant 1999:55 [ref. 24295], Shibatta in Reis et al. 2003:403 [ref. 27061], Shibatta & Benine 2005:580 [ref. 28567], Sarmento-Soares et al. 2006:157 [ref. 28723], Mori & Shibatta 2006:38 [ref. 28958], Ferraris 2007:354 [ref. 29155], Ruiz & Shibatta 2010:55 [ref. 30984], Ottoni et al. 2010:187 [ref. 31071], Ruiz & Shibatta 2011:706 [ref. 31721], Jarduli & Shibatta 2013:512 [ref. 32911], Barriga Salazar 2014:113 [ref. 35745], Shibatta 2014:86 [ref. 33231], Ruiz 2016:230 [ref. 34907], Shibatta 2016:[6] [ref. 34812], Terán et al. 2016:201 [ref. 34904]). Current status: Valid as Microglanis pellopterygius Mees 1978. Pseudopimelodidae: Batrochoglaninae. Distribution: Aguarico River basin, Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.