Species that contain: Paracetopsis and bleekeri [ 3 ] records

bleekeri, Paracetopsis Bleeker [P.] (ex Guichenot) 1862:16 [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 2; ref. 393] Guayaquil, Ecuador. Neotype: NMW 47377. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:135 [ref. 29155]. Regarded as available; appeared with genus description as, "Spec. typ. Paracetopsis bleekeri Guich. (Mus. Paris.)." No original locality, no type at MNHN. Neotype designated by Vari et al. 227 [ref. 28270]; they designated the holotype of occidentalis as neotype for bleekeri. •Valid as Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker 1862 -- (de Pinna & Vari 1995:3 [ref. 21651], Chang & Ortega 1995:4 [ref. 24302], Vari & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:258 [ref. 27061], Vari et al. 2005:224 [ref. 28270], de Pinna et al. 2007:803 [ref. 29247], Ferraris 2007:135 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:194 [ref. 34894]). Current status: Valid as Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker 1862. Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae. Distribution: Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.

occidentalis, Cetopsis Steindachner [F.] 1880:99 [47], Pl. 8 (figs. 2-2a) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 42; ref. 14403] Guayaquil, Ecuador. Holotype (unique): NMW 47377. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:135 [ref. 29155]. On p. 47 of separate. •Valid as Cetopsogiton occidentalis (Steindachner 1880) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:35 [ref. 37559], Burgess 1989:292 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker 1862 -- (Vari & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:258 [ref. 27061], Vari et al. 2005:225 [ref. 28270], Ferraris 2007:135 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker 1862. Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae. Habitat: freshwater.

ventralis, Cetopsis Gill [T. N.] 1870:95 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 22; ref. 17630] Río Marañon or Río Napo, Amazon system, Peru or Ecuador. [Interpreted as río Guayas or río Santa Rosa basins, southeastern Ecuador.] Holotype (unique): USNM 8307. Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:16 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:135 [ref. 29155]. Locality in brackets interpreted by Vari et al. 2005:227 [ref. 28270]. •Valid as Pseudocetopsis ventralis (Gill 1870) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:15 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:292 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker 1862 -- (Vari & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:258 [ref. 27061], Vari et al. 2005:224 [ref. 28270], Ferraris 2007:135 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker 1862. Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae. Habitat: freshwater.