Species that contain: Iguanodectes and spilurus [ 2 ] records

spilurus, Piabuca Günther [A.] 1864:344 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Rio Cupai [= Rio Cupari], Rio Tapajós basin, Amazon River drainage, Pará State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1853.3.19.70. •Valid as Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther 1864) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Géry 1993:97 [ref. 20969], Taphorn 1992:245 [ref. 23654], Lasso et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25928], Moreira in Reis et al. 2003:173 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:48, 184 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35633], Careaga et al. 2020:76 [ref. 37774], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:29 [ref. 39235], Moreira 2024:376 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther 1864). Iguanodectidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

tenuis, Iguanodectes Cope [E. D.] 1872:260, Pl. 8 (figs. 1, 1a) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu [Ampyiacu], Amazon basin, Pebas, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP (not found). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:55 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther 1864) -- (Moreira in Reis et al. 2003:173 [ref. 27061], Moreira 2024:376 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther 1864). Iguanodectidae. Habitat: freshwater.