cottoides, Pimelodus (Pseudopimelodus) Boulenger [G. A.] 1891:233, Pl. 25 (fig. 2) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 2); ref. 17039] Rio Camaquam [Camaquã], Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Syntypes: BMNH 1891.3.16.36-45 and 106, BMNH 1889.8.24.5. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:354 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Microglanis parahybae (Steindachner 1880) -- (Burgess 1989:276 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Pseudopimelodus parahybae Steindachner 1880 -- (Bizerril & Perez-Neto 1992:99 [ref. 19724]). •Valid as Microglanis cottoides (Boulenger 1891) -- (Malabarba 1989:140 [ref. 14217], Malabarba & Mahler 1998:244 [ref. 23653], Britski et al. 1999:97 [ref. 24147], Shibatta in Reis et al. 2003:402 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:63 [ref. 27366], Diogo et al. 2004:262 [ref. 27964], Menni 2004:83 [ref. 28131], Bertaco & Cardoso 2005:65 [ref. 28181], Shibatta & Benine 2005:580 [ref. 28567], Sarmento-Soares et al. 2006:158 [ref. 28723], Mori & Shibatta 2006:32 [ref. 28958], Ferraris 2007:354 [ref. 29155], Ottoni et al. 2010:187 [ref. 31071], Ruiz & Shibatta 2011:706 [ref. 31721], Jarduli & Shibatta 2013:511 [ref. 32911], Litz & Koerber 2014:20 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:33 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:421 [ref. 34561], Shibatta 2016:[6] [ref. 34812], Terán et al. 2016:200 [ref. 34904], Ruiz 2016:230 [ref. 34907], Nión et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35565], Souza-Shibatta et al. 2018:1 [ref. 36010], Mirande & Koerber 2020:2 [ref. 37594], Reis et al. 2020:470 [ref. 38364], Loureiro et al. 2023:132 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Microglanis cottoides (Boulenger 1891). Pseudopimelodidae: Batrochoglaninae. Distribution: South America: coastal drainages from São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul States (Brazil) and Uruguay. Habitat: freshwater.