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Genera that contain: Brachyplatystoma [ 8 ] records

Brachyplatystoma Bleeker [P.] 1862:10 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 2; ref. 393] Neut. Platystoma vaillantii Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312] will apply applying to the ICZN to maintain usage of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker over two earlier names that are relatively unused since 1899 (Piramutana and Piratinga). ICZN Opinion 2208 (2008) gave precedence to Brachyplatystoma over Piratinga and Piramutana. •Valid as Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Mees 1974:120 [ref. 2969], Stewart 1986:668 [ref. 5211], Burgess 1989:282 [ref. 12860], Lundberg et al. 1991:842 [ref. 19175], de Pinna 1998:314 [ref. 23847], Ferraris 2003:856 [ref. 26999], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:434 [ref. 27061], Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Valid as Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.

Ginesia Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1951:1 [unnumbered] [Evencias No. 10; ref. 14283] Fem. Ginesia cunaguaro Fernández-Yépez 1951. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:434 [ref. 27061], Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.

Goslinia Myers [G. S.] 1941:88 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 3); ref. 3120] Fem. Taenionema steerei Eigenmann & Bean 1907. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Taenionema Eigenmann & Bean 1907, preoccupied by Taenionema Banks 1905 in Plecoptera and by Bolivar 1906 in Orthoptera. •Valid as Goslinia Myers 1941 -- (Stewart 1986:668 [ref. 5211], Burgess 1989:282 [ref. 12860], Lundberg et al. 1991:842 [ref. 19175], de Pinna 1998:314 [ref. 23847], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:436 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.

Malacobagrus Bleeker [P.] 1862:11 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 2; ref. 393] Masc. Pimelodus filamentosus Lichtenstein 1819. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862, but a valid subgenus -- (Lundberg et al. 2011:157 [ref. 31593]). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Mees 1974:120 [ref. 2969], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:434 [ref. 27061], Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.

Merodontotus Britski [H. A.] 1981:109 [Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo v. 34 (no. 7); ref. 645] Masc. Merodontotus tigrinus Britski 1981. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Merodontotus Britski 1981 -- (Castro 1984 [ref. 5296], Stewart 1986:668 [ref. 5211], Burgess 1989:282 [ref. 12860], Lundberg et al. 1991:842 [ref. 19175] as Merodontodus, de Pinna 1998:314 [ref. 23847] as Merodontodus, Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:438 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.

Piramutana Bleeker [P.] 1858:355, 357 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 4 (art. 2); ref. 365] Fem. Bagrus piramuta Kner 1858. Type by monotypy. Also in Bleeker 1862:11 [ref. 393]. See nomenclatural remarks under Brachyplatystoma Bleeker. ICZN Opinion 2208 (2008) gave precedence to Brachyplatystoma over Piratinga and Piramutana. •Valid as Piramutana Bleeker 1858 -- (Burgess 1989:281 [ref. 12860], Lundberg et al. 1991:842 [ref. 19175], de Pinna 1998:314 [ref. 23847]). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:434 [ref. 27061], Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]) Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.

Piratinga Bleeker [P.] 1858:357 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 4 (art. 2); ref. 365] Fem. Bagrus reticulatus Kner 1858. Type by subsequent designation. Also in Bleeker 1862:11 [ref. 393] where type is designated. See nomenclatural remarks under Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. ICZN Opinion 2208 (2008) gave precedence to Brachyplatystoma over Piratinga and Piramutana. •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Mees 1974:120 [ref. 2969], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:434 [ref. 27061], Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.

Taenionema (subgenus of Brachyplatystoma) Eigenmann [C. H.] & Bean [B. A.] 1907:662 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 31 (no. 1503); ref. 1247] Neut. Taenionema steerei Eigenmann & Bean 1907. Type by original designation. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Taenionema Banks 1905 in Plecoptera and by Taenionema Bolivar 1906 in Orthoptera; replaced by Goslinia Myers 1941. •In the synonymy of Goslinia Myers 1941 -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:436 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862 -- (Lundberg & Akama 2005:497 [ref. 28312], Ferraris 2007:330 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:25 [ref. 38702]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Brachyplatystoma Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.


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