chilensis, Silurus Molina [J. I.] 1782:226 [Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile, del Signor Abate Giovanni Ignazio Molina.; ref. 17783] Chile. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:165 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) [but possibly extinct] -- (Arratia 1987:12 [ref. 5957], Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Burgess & Finley 1996:163 [ref. 22901], de Pinna 1998:291 [ref. 23847], Azpelicueta & Gosztonyi 1998:902 [ref. 25377], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678]). •Valid as Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782) -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:255 [ref. 27061] as either extinct or endangered, Lundberg et al. 2004:72 [ref. 27673], Ferraris 2007:165 [ref. 29155], Muñoz-Ramírez et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33192] with remarks, Arratia & Quezada-Romegialli 2017:5 [ref. 35155]). Current status: Valid as Diplomystes chilensis (Molina 1782). Diplomystidae. Distribution: South America: Santiago, Chile. Habitat: freshwater.