spectrum, Aspredo Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:137 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Tropical America. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:61 [ref. 29155]. Based on Gronovius 1763, no. 324 and Seba 1734-65, Pl. 29 (fig. 9). •Synonym of Aspredo cotylephorus (Bloch 1794) -- (Mees 1987:186 [ref. 11510]). •Synonym of Platystacus cotylephorus Bloch 1794 -- (Friel in Reis et al. 2003:264 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:61 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Platystacus cotylephorus Bloch 1794. Aspredinidae: Aspredininae. Habitat: brackish, marine.