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Species related to Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus: [ 4 ] records


brevitentaculatus, Hypostomus Ranzani [C.] 1841:63 [Nuovi annali delle scienze naturali e rendiconto dei lavori dell'Accademia della Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna con appendice agraria. Bologna Anno III, Tomo V; ref. 24074] Province Divi Pauli, Brazilia [Rio São Francisco]. Holotype (unique): MZUB uncat. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155]. Also appeared in more detail in Ranzani 1842:329 [ref. 18607]. •Valid as Pterygoplichthys brevitentaculatus (Ranzani 1841) -- (Isbrücker 1980:40 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Weber 1992:25 [ref. 19714], Isbrücker 2001:28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:18 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:366 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.

etentaculatum, Hypostoma Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:7, Pl. 4 (figs. 1-2) [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Rio São Francisco, Januaria, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Neotype: MZUSP 35821. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155]. Name first published in Cuvier 1829 [ref. 995]. Neotype designated by Weber 1992:25 [ref. 19714]. Species epithet misspelled etentaculum by Cuvier 1831:221 [ref. 30376]. •Valid as Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Isbrücker 1980:41 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860], Weber 1991:642 [ref. 19114], Weber 1992:4, 25 [ref. 19714], Isbrücker 2001:28, 32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:28 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:366 [ref. 27061], Armbruster & Page 2006:403 [ref. 28898], Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155], Silva et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37809]). Current status: Valid as Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco River basin (Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

duodecimalis, Hypostomus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:498, Pl. 454 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Rio São Francisco, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9446 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:69 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Pterygoplichthys duodecimalis (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Isbrücker 1980:40 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Weber 1992:25 [ref. 19714], Isbrücker 2001:28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:18 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:366 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.

longimanus, Ancistrus Kner [R.] (ex Heckel) 1854:283 [33], Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 7; ref. 2628] Unknown locality. Syntypes: (2) NMW (apparently lost). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155]. On p. 33 of separate. Name taken from Heckel manuscript. •Valid as Pterygoplichthys longimanus (Kner 1854) -- (Isbrücker 1980:41 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Weber 1992:25 [ref. 19714], Isbrücker 2001:25, 28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:12, 19 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:366 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:291 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Pterygoplichthys etentaculatus (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.


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