Species that contain: Pimelodus and clarias [ 8 ] records

blochii, Pimelodus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:188 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Suriname. Lectotype: MNHN B-0072. Paralectotype: ZMB 2995 (1). Type catalog: Silfvergrip & Paepke 1997:168 [ref. 24006], Paepke 1999:113 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:337 [ref. 29155]. Based in part on Silurus clarias of Bloch, Pl. 35 (figs. 1-2). •Valid as Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes 1840 -- (Mees 1986:313 [ref. 5693], Burgess 1989:279 [ref. 12860], Cervigón 1992:379 [ref. 23827], Le Bail et al. 2000:96, 98 [ref. 24549], Azpelicueta 2001:198 [ref. 25639], Camargo & Isaac 2001:145 [ref. 27639], Ferraris 2003:858 [ref. 26999], Ribeiro & Lucena 2006:326 [ref. 28962], Ribeiro & Lucena 2006:411 [ref. 28899], Ferraris 2007:337 [ref. 29155], Ribeiro et al. 2008:464 [ref. 29855], Ribeiro et al. 2011:128 [ref. 31238], Barriga Salazar 2014:114 [ref. 35745], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Sarmiento et al. 2014:170, 192 [ref. 35004], Lucinda et al. 2016:343 [ref. 34916], Melo et al. 2016:376 [ref. 35317], Marceniuk et al. 2017:39 [ref. 35324], Villa-Navarro et al. 2017:356 [ref. 35495], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:93 [ref. 35633], Costa e Silva et al. 2018:105 [ref. 35734], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:80 [ref. 35773], Careaga et al. 2020:78 [ref. 37774], Silvano et al. 2020:297 [ref. 38135], Grant 2021:86 [ref. 38702], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:61 [ref. 39235], Martínez et al. 2022:3 [ref. 39275], Vieira et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40759], Filho et al. 2024:4 [ref. 40919]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes 1840. Pimelodidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Corantijn, Essequibo and Orinoco River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

clarias, Pimelodus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[316], Pl. 13 (figs. 3-4) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River, Egypt. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4203 or 0000-4205. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:48 [ref. 19575] with syntypes, Ferraris 2007:320-321 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first in plate; technically the figured specimen is the holotype. As Synodontis clarias in Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1827:299 [ref. 4185]. The page number is from a different edition. •Same as Synodontis arabi Valenciennes 1840 -- (authors). •Synonym of Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Poll 1971:48 [ref. 7700], Ferraris 2007:320 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis schall (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.

clarias, Silurus Bloch [M. E.] 1782:Pl. 35, 247 [M. Marcus Elieser Bloch's ..., ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin, Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands v. 1; ref. 19643] Commonly used as the valid name for a South American species (e.g., Galvis et al. 1997:65 [ref. 23651]), but Bloch did not intend a name separate from Silurus clarias Linnaeus 1758, an African species; Bloch's figure is of the South American species. Mees (1974:134 [ref. 2969]) uses Pimelodus blochii for the South American Pimelodus clarias of authors. •Treated as valid -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:59 [ref. 23791], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808]). •Name belongs to an African species, misused for Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes 1840 -- (Villa-Navarro et al. 2017:354 [ref. 35495]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae. Habitat: freshwater.

coprophagus, Pimelodus clarias Schultz [L. P.] 1944:203, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 94 (no. 3172); ref. 3959] Río Agua Caliente, 2-3 kilometers above southwestern corner of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, depth 15 feet. Holotype: USNM 121150. Paratypes: FMNH 84585 [ex USNM 121147] (3), 95495 (1, c&s); MCZ 36212 [ex USNM 121148] (5); UMMZ 142494 [ex USNM 121147] (2); USNM 121145-46 (6, 1), 121147 (25, now 19), 121148-49 (31, 5), 121151 (11, now 9, 2 to G. Dahl), 121152-53 (1, 6), 121154 (10, now 8), 121155 (7), 121156 (9, not 15), 121157-59 (5, 2, 2); ZMA 102124 (2). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:60 [ref. 19236], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:66 [ref. 12367], Ferraris & Vari 1992:36 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:337 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Pimelodus clarias [but see that account], but a valid subspecies as described -- (Burgess 1989:279 [ref. 12860], Galvis et al. 1997:62 [ref. 23651]). •Valid as Pimelodus coprophagus Schultz 1944 -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:439 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:337 [ref. 29155], Azpelicueta et al. 2008:159 [ref. 29736], Ribeiro et al. 2011:128 [ref. 31238], Villa-Navarro et al. 2017:339 [ref. 35495], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:94 [ref. 35633], Costa e Silva et al. 2018:105 [ref. 35734]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodus coprophagus Schultz 1944. Pimelodidae. Distribution: Lake Maracaibo basin: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

decemradiatus, Silurus Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:385 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Originally as Silurus 10-radiatus and corresponds to Silurus flavus on p. 376. Appeared as Silurus flavus vel 10-radiatus in Devincenzi 1925:322, 307 [ref. 20322]; Devincenzi treated as a synonym of Pimelodus clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae: Mochokinae.

flavus, Silurus Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:376 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. Corresponds to Silurus 10-radiatus on p. 385. Appeared as Silurus flavus vel 10-radiatus in Devincenzi 1925: 307, 322 [ref. 20322]; Devincenzi treated as a synonym of Pimelodus clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Pimelodidae.

maculatus, Pimelodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:94, 103 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Río de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:338 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Pimelodus clarias (Bloch 1782), but a valid subspecies -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:59 [ref. 23791]). •Valid as Pimelodus maculatus Lacepède 1803 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:35 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:15 [ref. 9708], Malabarba 1989:142 [ref. 14217], Burgess 1989:280 [ref. 12860], Azpelicueta 1995:75 [ref. 21673], Azpelicueta 1998:90 [ref. 24175], Sverlij et al. 1998:56 [ref. 27632], Britski et al. 1999:99 [ref. 24147], Vidal & Lucena 1999:122 [ref. 24269], Azpelicueta 2001:198 [ref. 25639], Britski 2001:20 [ref. 26046], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:439 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:83 [ref. 28131], Ribeiro & Lucena 2006:326 [ref. 28962], Ribeiro & Lucena 2006:411 [ref. 28899], Ribeiro & Lucena 2007:77 [ref. 29174], Ferraris 2007:338 [ref. 29155], Ribeiro et al. 2011:128 [ref. 31238], Litz & Koerber 2014:19 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:170, 192 [ref. 35004], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Mirande & Koerber 2015:32 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:420 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:34 [ref. 35565] with author in parentheses, Koerber et al. 2017:49 [ref. 35267], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[24] [ref. 35679], Costa e Silva et al. 2018:105 [ref. 35734], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2019:5 [ref. 36506], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2020:6 [ref. 39606], Reis et al. 2020:469 [ref. 38364], Grant 2021:88 [ref. 38702], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39298], Brandão et al. 2022:183 [ref. 40464], Koerber et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40665], Loureiro et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40506], Filho et al. 2024:4 [ref. 40919]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodus maculatus Lacepède 1803. Pimelodidae. Distribution: South America: Paraná and São Francisco River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay); ?Peru. Habitat: freshwater.

synodontis, Pimelodus Geoffroy St. Hilaire [E.] 1809:[308], Pl. 12 (figs. 5-6) [Poissons du Nil v. 1 (part 1); ref. 4182] Nile River. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4194. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]. Original spelling in text is synodontes, synodontis in plate caption published in 1809. Publication date of text uncertain. possibly 1817 or 1818. Name possibly changed to avoid tautonomy. The page number is from a different edition. •Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Poll 1971:44 [ref. 7700], Paugy & Roberts in Lévêque et al. 1992:533 [ref. 21590] as synodontes, Ferraris 2007:313 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Synodontis clarias (Linnaeus 1758). Mochokidae: Mochokinae. Habitat: freshwater.