Species that contain: Bunocephalus and amaurus [ 3 ] records

aloikae, Bunocephalus amaurus Hoedeman [J. J.] 1961:130 [Bulletin of Aquatic Biology v. 2 (no. 23); ref. 11969] Litany River, Aloiké village, French Guiana. Holotype: ZMA 102229. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:39 [ref. 19236], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann 1912, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann 1912 -- (Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:612 [ref. 30972]). •Valid as Bunocephalus aloikae Hoedeman 1961 -- (Mol et al. 2012:287 [ref. 32867], Carvalho et al. 2015:509 [ref. 33972], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:84 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:76 [ref. 35773], Borstein et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39507], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:132 [ref. 40783], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Bunocephalus aloikae Hoedeman 1961. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin and coastal rivers (Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname). Habitat: freshwater.

amaurus, Bunocephalus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:126, Fig. 24; Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Konawaruk, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53121 [ex CM 1555]. Paratypes: CAS 35242 [ex IU 11973] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:79 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:19 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as name only in Eigenmann 1910:380 [ref. 1224]. •Valid as Dysichthys amaurus (Eigenmann 1912) -- (Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401]). •Synonym of Dysichthys coracoideus Cope 1874, but a valid subspecies -- (Mees 1989:216 [ref. 13383], Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901]). •See Le Bail et al. 2000:162 [ref. 24549]. •Valid as Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann 1912 -- (Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:612 [ref. 30972], Carvalho et al. 2015:509 [ref. 33972], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[21] [ref. 35679]). Current status: Valid as Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann 1912. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Distribution: Coastal rivers between Orinoco and Amazon River mouths: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

sipaliwini, Bunocephalus amaurus Hoedeman [J. J.] 1961:130, Fig. 1 [Bulletin of Aquatic Biology v. 2 (no. 23); ref. 11969] Sipaliwini, Suriname, 20 kilometers from frontier with Brazil. Holotype: ZMA 102228. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:40 [ref. 19236], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann 1912, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Burgess 1989:303 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Dysichthys coracoideus Cope 1874 -- (Mees 1989:216 [ref. 13383]). •Synonym of Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann 1912 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155], Cardoso 2010:612 [ref. 30972], Carvalho et al. 2015:509 [ref. 33972]). Current status: Synonym of Bunocephalus amaurus Eigenmann 1912. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Habitat: freshwater.