Species that contain: Bunocephalus and aleuropsis [ 2 ] records

aleuropsis, Bunocephalus Cope [E. D.] 1870:568 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11; ref. 914] Pebas, eastern Ecuador [= eastern Peru]. Syntypes: ANSP 8286-88 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:22 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Dysichthys aleuropsis (Cope 1870) -- (Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Mees 1989:204 [ref. 13383], Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901]). •Valid as Bunocephalus aleuropsis Cope 1870 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:14 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:612 [ref. 30972], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:138, 189 [ref. 35004], Carvalho et al. 2015:509 [ref. 33972], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35633], Esguícero et al. 2020:114 [ref. 37313], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Bunocephalus aleuropsis Cope 1870. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

melas, Bunocephalus Cope [E. D.] 1874:132 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 26; ref. 931] Nauta, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 21235 (in pieces). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:22 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Benocephalus melas Cope 1874 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:14 [ref. 9708]). •Synonym of Dysichthys aleuropsis (Cope 1870) -- (Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Mees 1989:204 [ref. 13383]). •Synonym of Bunocephalus aleuropsis Cope 1870 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Bunocephalus aleuropsis Cope 1870. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Habitat: freshwater.