absconditus, Pimelodus Azpelicueta [M. de las M.] 1995:72, Figs. 1-2 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 21673] Uruguay River, San Javier, Misiones, Argentina. Holotype: MLP 8781. Paratypes: FMNH 104890 (1); IML 439-1a (1), 1597 (1); MACN 514 (1); MLP (12 lots, 23, 3 c&s); MZUSP 49078 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:336 [ref. 29155], Miquelarena & Nadalin 2014:16 [ref. 33466]. •Valid as Pimelodus absconditus Azpelicueta 1995 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:166 [ref. 22901], Vidal & Lucena 1999:122 [ref. 24269], Azpelicueta 2001:198 [ref. 25639], López et al. 2002:60 [ref. 26808], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:438 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:58 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:83 [ref. 28131], Ribeiro & Lucena 2006:326 [ref. 28962], Ferraris 2007:336 [ref. 29155], Souza-Filhol & Shibatta 2007:478 [ref. 29504], Azpelicueta et al. 2008:155 [ref. 29736], Ribeiro & Lucena 2010:277 [ref. 30865], Ribeiro et al. 2011:128 [ref. 31238], Litz & Koerber 2014:19 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:32 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:420 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:34 [ref. 35565], Costa e Silva et al. 2018:105 [ref. 35734], Loureiro et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Pimelodus absconditus Azpelicueta 1995. Pimelodidae. Distribution: South America: Paraná River basin, Rio Uruguay drainage (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.