Species that contain: Trachycorystes and insignis [ 4 ] records

badeli, Trachycorystes insignis Dahl [G.] 1955:13, Fig. [Revista Linneana v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 19186] Cereté [Sinu River], Colombia. Holotype: whereabouts unknown, possibly ICNMHN. Paratypes: (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:80 [ref. 29155]. •Species inquirenda in Trachelyopterus -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:479 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:80 [ref. 29155]). Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae. Distribution: Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

insignis, Auchenipterus Steindachner [F.] 1878:89 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 15 (no. 12) (for 9 May 1878); ref. 20476] Río Magdalena, Colombia. Syntypes: (several) NMW. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:79 [ref. 29155]. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:35 [p. 19 of separate], Pl. 3 (figs. 2-2a) [ref. 4227]. auchinipterus insignis given precedence ofer A. magdalenae by first reviser of Miles 1947:73. •Valid as Parauchenipterus insignis (Steindachner 1878) -- (Burgess 1989:242 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Trachycorystes insignis (Steindachner 1878) -- (Galvis et al. 1997:58 [ref. 23651]). •Valid as Trachelyopterus insignis (Steindachner 1878) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:478 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:79 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:87 [ref. 35633], Calegari et al. 2019:[90] [ref. 36961]). Current status: Valid as Trachelyopterus insignis (Steindachner 1878). Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae. Distribution: Lower Magdalena River basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

magdalenae, Auchenipterus Steindachner [F.] 1878:89 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 15 (no. 12) (for 9 May 1878); ref. 20476] Río Magdalena, Colombia. Syntypes: (several) NMW 47409-12 (1, 1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:79 [ref. 29155]. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:36 [p. 20 of separate], Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [ref. 4227]. •Valid as Parauchenipterus magdalenae (Steindachner 1878) -- (Burgess 1989:242 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Trachycorystes insignis (Steindachner 1878) -- (Galvis et al. 1997:58 [ref. 23651]). •Synonym of Trachelyopterus insignis (Steindachner 1878) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:478 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:79 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Trachelyopterus insignis (Steindachner 1878). Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae. Habitat: freshwater.

peloichthys, Trachycorystes insignis Schultz [L. P.] 1944:236, Pl. 4 (fig. A) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 94 (no. 3172); ref. 3959] Río Agua Caliente, 2-3 kilometers above Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121281. Paratypes: MCZ 37212 [ex USNM 121282] (1), USNM 121282 (4, now 3). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:11 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:80 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Trachycorystes insignis (Steindachner 1878), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Galvis et al. 1997:58 [ref. 23651]). •Synonym of Parauchenipterus insignis (Steindachner 1878), but a valid subspecies as described -- (González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960]). •Valid as Trachelyopterus peloichthys (Schultz 1944) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:478 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:80 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:87 [ref. 35633], Calegari et al. 2019:[90] [ref. 36961]). Current status: Valid as Trachelyopterus peloichthys (Schultz 1944). Auchenipteridae: Auchenipterinae. Distribution: Maracaibo River basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.