gigantea, Vandellia Cornalia [E.] 1849:15, Figs. 4-5 [Vertebratorum Synopsis in Museo mediolanense extantium quae per novum orbem Cajetanus Osculati collegit; ref. 23917] Rio Napo, Brazil. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:427 [ref. 29155]. There is some question if this appeared as gigentea or gigantea. Treated by Cagnolaro & Violani 1988:434 [ref. 23916] as a nomen oblitum [forgotten name] as a senior synonym of Vandellia wieneri Pellegrin 1909. Treated as a synonym by Ferraris 2007:427 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Vandellia cirrhosa Valenciennes 1846 -- (de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:286 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:427 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Vandellia cirrhosa Valenciennes 1846. Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae. Habitat: freshwater.