Brochis Cope [E. D.] 1871:112 Fem. Brochis coeruleus Cope 1872. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first without species, more fully described in Cope 1872:277-278 [ref. 921] where two species were added; type designated by Cope (in describing second species he refers to first as the type species). •Valid as Brochis Cope 1871 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1970 [ref. 22239], Nijssen & Isbrücker 1983 [ref. 5387], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britski et al. 1999:126 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker 2001:217 [ref. 26805], Britto & Castro 2002:1012 [ref. 26509], Britto et al. 2002:733 [ref. 26546], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27953]). •Synonym of Corydoras Lacepéde 1803 -- (Britto 2003:147 [ref. 27338], Ferraris 2007:111 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Corydoras Lacepéde 1803. Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae.