punctatus, Cataphractus Bloch [M. E.] 1794:90, Pl. 377 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8; ref. 463] Compagnie Creek, Suriname River system, Brokopondo, Suriname [rivers in Suriname]. Lectotype: ZMB 3149. Paralectotypes: ZMB 22228 [ex ZMB 3149] (1). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:52 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:123 [ref. 29155]. On p. 72 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 11 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Nijssen & Isbrücker 1975:63 [ref. 22250] after location of syntypes and following neotype designation. Placed on Official List (Opinion 1169). •Valid as Corydoras punctatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Nijssen & Isbrücker 1980:193 [ref. 6910], Burgess 1989:367 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 1999:41 [ref. 24040], Le Bail et al. 2000:206 [ref. 24549], Isbrücker 2000:18 [ref. 26715], Isbrücker 2001:233 [ref. 26805], Isbrücker 2002:69 [ref. 26658], Isbrücker 2002:107 [ref. 26659], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:302 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:123 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Corydoras punctatus (Bloch 1794). Callichthyidae: Corydoradinae. Distribution: Suriname River basin in Suriname and Iracoubo River basin in French Guiana. Habitat: freshwater.