Species that contain: Platynematichthys and punctulatus [ 2 ] records

nigripunctatus, Bagrus Kner [R.] 1858:345, Pl. 14 (fig. 2) [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 24 (pt 1); ref. 18423] Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:340 [ref. 29155]. Replacement for Bagrus punctulatus Kner 1858, preoccupied by Bagrus punctulatus Castelnau 1855. Possibly published in 1859. •Synonym of Platynematichthys notatus (Jardine 1841) -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:441 [ref. 27061] as nigropunctatus, Ferraris 2007:340 [ref. 29155] as nigripunctatus, Grant 2021:101 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Platynematichthys notatus (Jardine 1841). Pimelodidae. Habitat: freshwater.

punctulatus, Bagrus Kner [R.] 1858:380 [10] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 26 (s. 373); ref. 2630] Rio Guaporé and Rio Branco, Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:340 [ref. 29155]. On p. 10 of separate. •Valid as Platynematichthys punctulatus (Kner 1858) -- (Burgess 1989:281 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Platynematichthys notatus (Jardine 1841) -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:441 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:340 [ref. 29155], Grant 2021:101 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Platynematichthys notatus (Jardine 1841). Pimelodidae. Habitat: freshwater.