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scrophus, Liposarcus Cope [E. D.] 1874:136 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 26; ref. 931] Nauta, Peru. Syntypes: USNM 132587 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:124 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:292 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps (Kner 1854) -- (Weber 1992:29 [ref. 19714]). •Valid as Glyptoperichthys scrophus (Cope 1874) -- (Page et al. 1996:186 [ref. 22598], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2001:27, 29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:16 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:353 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Pterygoplichthys scrophus (Cope 1874) -- (Isbrücker 1980:42 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860], Armbruster & Page 2006:402 [ref. 28898], Ferraris 2007:292 [ref. 29155], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Pterygoplichthys scrophus (Cope 1874). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Marañón and Ucayali River basins, upper Amazon basin (Peru). Habitat: freshwater.


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