Species that contain: Platydoras and costatus [ 5 ] records

ascita, Mystus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:156 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] No locality. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155]. Permanently invalid, preoccupied by Mystus ascita Walbaum 1792; not replaced. •Synonym of Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:464 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155], Piorski et al. 2008:482 [ref. 29987]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758). Doradidae: Doradinae. Habitat: freshwater.

costatus, Silurus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:306 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] "Indiis" [South America]. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:176 [ref. 29155]. See Piorski et al. 2008:481 [ref. 29987] for link to Mystus ascita Gronow 1854 and remarks on type locality. •Valid as Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:224 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:57 [ref. 23791], Piorski 1999:19 [ref. 24217], Fuller et al. 1999:213 [ref. 25838], Le Bail et al. 2000:48 [ref. 24549], Lasso et al. 2001:98 [ref. 25928], López et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27366], Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:464 [ref. 27061], Menni 2004:82 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:176 [ref. 29155], Piorski et al. 2008:491 [ref. 29987], Koerber 2011:9 [ref. 31122] as not in Argentina, Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], Koerber 2014:6 [ref. 33621], Sarmiento et al. 2014:155, 190 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento 2016:539 [ref. 34727], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[23] [ref. 35679], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:58 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758). Doradidae: Doradinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Tocantins, Parnaíba, Orinoco and Essequibo River basins and coastal drainages in French Guiana and Suriname (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, ?Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. But perhaps only coastal drainages of Suriname and French Guiana). Habitat: freshwater.

dentatus, Doras Kner [R.] 1855:118 [29], Pl. 3 (fig. 3) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 17; ref. 2629] Suriname. Holotype (unique): NMW 46869. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155]. On p. 29 of separate. •Valid as Platydoras dentatus (Kner 1855) -- (Burgess 1989:224 [ref. 12860], Le Bail et al. 2000:50 [ref. 24549]). •Questionably a synonym of Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:464 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155], Piorski et al. 2008:482 [ref. 29987]). Current status: Synonym of Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758). Doradidae: Doradinae. Habitat: freshwater.

hancockii, Doras Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:279 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Demerara River, Guyana. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1857.6.13.163. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155]. Based on Doras costatus of Hancock. •Valid as Amblydoras hancockii (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:223 [ref. 12860] as hancocki, Le Bail et al. 2000:40 [ref. 24549], Lasso et al. 2001:98 [ref. 25928] as hancocki, Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745]). •Species inquirenda in Platydoras Bleeker 1862 -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:465 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Platydoras hancockii (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Piorski et al. 2008:490 [ref. 29987], Sarmiento et al. 2014:155, 190 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:244 [ref. 38135]). Current status: Valid as Platydoras hancockii (Valenciennes 1840). Doradidae: Doradinae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

helicophilus, Doras Günther [A.] 1868:475 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Maroni River, Suriname. Syntypes: BMNH 1866.8.10.1-3 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155]. Also published in Günther (Sept.) 1868:229 [ref. 5756]. •Valid as Platydoras helicophilus (Günther 1868) -- (Burgess 1989:224 [ref. 12860]). •Questionably a synonym of Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:464 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:177 [ref. 29155], Piorski et al. 2008:482 [ref. 29987]). Current status: Synonym of Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus 1758). Doradidae: Doradinae. Habitat: freshwater.