laevis, Platystacus Bloch [M. E.] 1794:58 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8; ref. 463] America [Brazil]. Syntypes: ZMB 3153 (3). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:46 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155] On p. 47 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 11 [ref. 21381], with reference to pl. 372, apparently in error. •Synonym of Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Mees 1987:184 [ref. 11510], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:262 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:58 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Aspredo aspredo (Linnaeus 1758). Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.