Species that contain: Diplomystes and chilensis [ 7 ] records

cacharioides, Arius Leybold [F.] 1859:1083 [Anales de la Universidad de Chile v. 16 (no. 12); ref. 20239] Río Seco, Colina, Chile. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]. Spelled cacharioides in main heading, as carcharioides in text; apparently the carcharioides was intended. Holotype or syntypes in question. •Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957] as carcharioides, Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061], with 100 syntypes, Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Habitat: freshwater.

chilensis, Silurus Molina [J. I.] 1782:226 [Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina.; ref. 17783] Chile. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:165 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) [but possibly extinct] -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957], Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Burgess & Finley 1996:163 [ref. 22901], de Pinna 1998:291 [ref. 23847], Azpelicueta & Gosztonyi 1998:902 [ref. 25377], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678]). •Valid as Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061] as either extinct or endangered, Lundberg et al. 2004:72 [ref. 27673], Ferraris 2007:165 [ref. 29155], Muñoz-Ramírez et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33192] with remarks, Arratia & Quezada-Romegialli 2017:5 [ref. 35155]). Current status: Valid as Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Distribution: South America: Santiago, Chile. Habitat: freshwater.

micropterus, Arius Philippi [R. A.] 1866:713 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866 (for 15 Nov. 1866); ref. 14056] Chile. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957]). •Questionably a synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Habitat: freshwater.

papillosus, Arius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:118, Pl. 431 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Rivers of Valparaíso and San Jago, Chile. Syntypes: MNHN A-9028 (1), B-0584 (1), B-0585 (4), MNHN uncat. (1, skeleton, missing). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:60 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:165 [ref. 29155] •Valid as Diplomystes papillosus (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:25 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:165 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Habitat: freshwater.

squalus, Arius Philippi [R. A.] 1866:713 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866 (for 15 Nov. 1866); ref. 14056] Peine, Santiago, Chile. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Habitat: freshwater.

synodon, Arius Philippi [R. A.] 1866:714 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866 (for 15 Nov. 1866); ref. 14056] Chile. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957]). •Questionably a synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Habitat: freshwater.

villosus, Arius Philippi [R. A.] 1866:712 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866 (for 15 Nov. 1866); ref. 14056] Chile. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957]). •Questionably a synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:166 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Habitat: freshwater.