Species that contain: Corydoras and elegans [ 3 ] records

elegans, Corydoras Steindachner [F.] 1876:141 [93] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Amazon River at Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil. Lectotype: NMW 46729. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1889.11.14.55-60 (4 or 6); MCZ 7749 (91), 8205 (28), 36103 (2), 49375 (193, now 159), 89497 (24); MNHN 1989-0276/0279 (5); MNRJ 8547 (2); NMW 46730 (4), ?46731 (4), ?64691 (6); USNM 41531 (2), 41532 (2), 120252 (6), 216716 (10); ZMA 114.921 (10); ZMUC P30119-25 (7). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:13 [ref. 19771], Miranda Ribeiro 1959:11 [ref. 10392], Ferraris 2007:116 [ref. 29155]. On p. 93 of separate. Lectotype selected by Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:213 [ref. 6910]. •Valid as Corydoras elegans Steindachner 1876 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:213 [ref. 6910], Ortega & Vari 1986:16 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:365 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:225 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:297 [ref. 27061] dated 1877, Knaack 2002:52 [ref. 27224] dated 1877, Ferraris 2007:116 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:111 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:190 [ref. 35004], Tencatt & Pavanelli 2015:294 [ref. 35434], Tencatt & Ohara 2016:[13] [ref. 34353], Tencatt & Evers 2016:[11] [ref. 34387], Tencatt et al. 2016:[17] [ref. 34388], Ottoni et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34756], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35633], Bono et al. 2019:20 [ref. 36480], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:25 [ref. 39298]). •Valid as Gastrodermus -- (Dias et al. 2024:24 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Valid as Gastrodermus elegans (Steindachner 1876). Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

nijsseni, Corydoras elegans Sands [D. D.] 1989:45, Fig. [Practical Fishkeeping; ref. 20244] Tributary of the Rio Negro, Brazil. Syntypes: (several) RMNH 31625 and 31626 (4). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:121 [ref. 29155]. See Isbrücker 2001:231 [ref. 26805] for figure correction. •Mention -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:168 [ref. 22901]). •Valid as Corydoras nijsseni Sands 1989 -- (Isbrücker 2001:231 [ref. 26805], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:300 [ref. 27061], Britto & Lima 2003:89 [ref. 27314], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:141 [ref. 27796] as cf. nijsseni, Ferraris 2007:121 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Gastrodermus nijsseni -- (Dias et al. 2024:24 [ref. 41219]). Current status: Valid as Gastrodermus nijsseni (Sands 1989). Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae. Distribution: South America: Negro River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

pestai, Corydoras Holly [M.] 1940:107 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 77 (no. 15); ref. 13059] Aquarium specimen (said to be from very small water-courses of the Amazon). Holotype: Münchner Tierpark A.G. 81/1938 (destroyed in WWII). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:116 [ref. 29155], Bogutskaya et al. 2022:74 [ref. 39277]. •Status uncertain -- (Isbrücker 2001:232 [ref. 26805]). •Synonym of Corydoras elegans Steindachner 1876 -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:213 [ref. 6910], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:297 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:116 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Gastrodermus elegans (Steindachner 1876). Current status: Synonym of Gastrodermus elegans (Steindachner 1876). Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae. Habitat: freshwater.