Genera that contain: Bunocephalus [ 9 ] records

Agmus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1910:379 [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America v. 3 (pt 4); ref. 1224] Masc. Bunocephalus scabriceps Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Full description appeared in Eigenmann 1912:128 [ref. 1227], but available from Eigenmann 1910 by name plus one available species. •Synonym of Bunocephalichthys Bleeker 1858 -- (Mees 1988:89 [ref. 6401]). •Valid as Agmus Eigenmann 1910 -- (Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1996:65 [ref. 24146]). •Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901], Ferraris 1991:225 [ref. 19536], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Amaralia Fowler [H. W.] 1954:40 [Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de São Paulo v. 9; ref. 1465] Fem. Bunocephalus hypsiurus Kner 1855. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objective synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855 (Mees 1988:89 [ref. 6401]). •Valid as Amaralia Fowler 1954 -- (Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860], Ferraris 1991:225 [ref. 19536], de Pinna 1996:65 [ref. 24146], Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901], de Pinna 1998:318 [ref. 23847], Britski et al. 1999:111 [ref. 24147], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:260 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:57 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:607 [ref. 30972], Roberts 2015:121 [ref. 33905], Friel & Carvalho 2016:531 [ref. 34327]). Current status: Valid as Amaralia Fowler 1954. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Aspredo Swainson [W.] 1838:332 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] Masc. Aspredo gronovii Swainson 1838. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Aspredo Scopoli 1777. Gender uncertain, treated as masculine by current authors. •Synonym of Bunocephalichthys Bleeker 1858 -- (Mees 1988:89 [ref. 6401]). •Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Bunocephalichthys Bleeker [P.] 1858:329 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 4 (art. 2); ref. 365] Masc. Platystacus verrucosus Bloch 1794. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:279 [ref. 4904]. •Valid as Bunocephalichthys Bleeker 1858 (with type of Bunocephalus Kner 1855 wrongly as B. hypsiurus) -- (Mees 1988 [ref. 6401] and Mees 1997:225 [ref. 22859]). •Objective synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901], Ferraris 1991:224 [ref. 19536], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Bunocephalus Kner [R.] 1855:95 [6] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 17; ref. 2629] Masc. Silurus verrucosus Walbaum 1792. Type by subsequent designation. On p. 6 of separate. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:19 and 1863:118; not by elimination of all but one species by Bleeker 1858:327-329 (see Ferraris 1991 [ref. 19536]). Type not Bunocephalus hypsiurus Kner 1855 as argued by Mees 1988:88 [ref. 6401] and 1997:225 [ref. 22859] and disputed by Ferraris 1991. A petition to the ICZN probably is needed if one wishes to validate Mees' interpretation. •Valid as Bunocephalus Kner 1855 -- (Mees 1988:89 [ref. 6401], Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:145 [ref. 14217], Ferraris 1991 [ref. 19536], de Pinna 1996:65 [ref. 24146], de Pinna 1998:318 [ref. 23847], Britski et al. 1999:111 [ref. 24147] Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:607 [ref. 30972], Ng 2010:271 [ref. 31110], Carvalho et al. 2015:499 [ref. 33972], Bertaco et al. 2016:415 [ref. 34561], Esguícero et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37313]). Current status: Valid as Bunocephalus Kner 1855. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Dysichthys Cope [E. D.] 1874:133 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 26; ref. 931] Masc. Dysichthys coracoideus Cope 1874. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Dysichthys Cope 1874 -- (Mees 1988:89 [ref. 6401], Mees 1989 [ref. 13383], Ferraris 1991:225 [ref. 19536], de Pinna 1996:65 [ref. 24146], Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901]). •Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Petacara Böhlke [J. E.] 1959:2 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 318; ref. 601] Neut. Bunocephalus dolichurus Delsman 1941. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Petacara Böhlke 1959 -- (Mees 1988:91 [ref. 6401], Burgess 1989:304 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Pterobunocephalus Fowler 1943 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:264 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Pterobunocephalus Fowler 1943. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Platystacus Bleeker [P.] 1858:329 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 4 (art. 2); ref. 365] Masc. Bunocephalichthys verrucosus Bloch 1794. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:279. •Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855 -- (Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Bunocephalus Kner 1855. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.

Pterobunocephalus (subgenus of Bunocephalus) Fowler [H. W.] 1943:1 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 120; ref. 1442] Masc. Bunocephalus albifasciatus Fowler 1943. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Dysichthys Cope 1874 -- (Mees 1988:89 [ref. 6401]). •Valid as Pterobunocephalus Fowler 1943 -- (de Pinna 1998:318 [ref. 23847], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:264 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:62 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:607 [ref. 30972]). Current status: Valid as Pterobunocephalus Fowler 1943. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae.