punctifer, Platystoma Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:40, Pl. 19 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Amazon River, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1582. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:59 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:342 [ref. 29155]. •Species inquirenda in genus Pseudoplatystoma -- (Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:442 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:342 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau 1855) -- (Buitrago-Suárez 2006:120 [ref. 28917], Barriga Salazar 2014:114 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:94 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:311 [ref. 38135], Grant 2021:122 [ref. 38702], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:23 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:62 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:55 [ref. 41297], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:7 [ref. 41573]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoplatystoma punctifer (Castelnau 1855). Pimelodidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, and coastal rivers of northeastern Brazil (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.