Hoplosternum, Gill, 1858

Published, First, 2007, Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types, Zootaxa 1418, pp. 1-628 : 127-128

HOPLOSTERNUM

Hoplosternum Gill, 1858: 395 . Type species: Callichthys laevigatus Valenciennes, 1836 . Type by original designation. Gender: Neuter.

Cascadura Ellis, 1913: 387 . Type species: Cascadura maculocephala Ellis, 1913 . Type by monotypy. Gender: Feminine.

Cataphractops Fowler, 1915a: 231 . Type species: Callichthys melampterus Cope, 1872 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine. Originally proposed as a subgenus of Hoplosternum .

Ellisichthys Miranda Ribeiro, 1920: 11. Type species: Cascadura maculocephala Ellis, 1913 . Type by being a replacement name. Gender: Masculine. Proposed as a replacement for Cascadura Ellis, 1913 , considered to be an inappropriate choice for a scientific name.

Diasternum Franz, 2001: 17 . Type species: Hoplosternum punctatum Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 . Type by original designation. Gender: Neuter.

Revision: Reis (1997).

Remarks: Lundberg (1997) reports a fossil identified as Hoplosternum sp. from the middle Miocene in the La Venta formation, Magdalena River basin, Colombia.

Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828)

Callichthys littoralis Hancock, 1828: 244 , pl. 32 (fig. 1). Type locality: Demerara [ Guyana]. BMNH 1996.7 .11.1.

Callichthys laevigatus Valenciennes, 1836 , in Valenciennes, 1835–47: pl. 5 (fig. 2). Type locality: l’Amerique depuis Corrientes jusque dans les eaux douces des isles des Antilles, car nous l’avons de la Trinité. Holotype: possibly MNHN 0000-4271 (2), MNHN 0000-4272 (2), or MNHN 0000-4274 (1). Name available from plate, with distribution in Valenciennes (1847: 7); description in Valenciennes (1840b: 314), with location given as Buénos-Ayres. Illustrated specimen must be treated as a holotype if it can be recognized among the listed specimens.

Callichthys subulatus Valenciennes , in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 311 (231 in the Strasbourg deluxe edition). Type locality: Cayenne, ... Buénos-Ayres. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4268 (1), MNHN 0000-4269 (2), MNHN 0000-4270 (1).

Callichthys albidus Valenciennes , in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840b: 316 (235 in the Strasbourg deluxe edition). Type locality: Cayenne. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4276 (1), MNHN 0000-4277 (1).

Callichthys chiquitos Castelnau, 1855: 38 , pl. 18 (fig. 2). Type locality: la province de Chiquitos [ Bolivia]. Holotype: MNHN 0000-4285.

Hoplosternum stevardii Gill, 1858: 401 . Type locality: Island of Trinidad, West Indies. Syntypes (2): USNM 5944 (1).

Callichthys melampterus Cope, 1872a: 275 , pl. 14 (fig. 4). Type locality: Rio Ambyiacu , Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 8318 , designated by Reis (1997: 303).

Hoplosternum schreineri Miranda Ribeiro , 1911: 150, pl. 35 (fig. 3). Type locality: Amazonas, Brazil. Lectotype: MNRJ 1051 a, designated by Miranda Ribeiro (1953: 396).

Cascadura maculocephala Ellis, 1913: 387 , pl. 25 (fig. 3). Type locality: Uruguayana [Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]. Holotype: FMNH 54878 .

Hoplosternum shirui Fowler, 1940a: 232 , figs. 18–20. Type locality: Ucayali River basin, Contamana , Peru. Holotype: ANSP 68648 .

Hoplosternum littorale daillyi Hoedeman, 1952b: 7 . Type locality: Suriname (near Paramaribo). Holotype: ZMA 100277 a.

Hoplosternum thoracatum cayennae Hoedeman, 1961: 130 . Type locality: French Guiana : Ile de Cayenne. Holotype: ZMA 102238 a.

Distribution: Most cis-Andean South American river drainages north of Buenos Aires (Reis, 2003).

Hoplosternum magdalenae Eigenmann, 1913

Hoplosternum magdalenae Eigenmann , in Ellis , 1913: 412. Type locality: Soplaviento, Colombia. Holotype: FMNH 56281 ; holotype illustrated in Eigenmann (1922b: 65, pl. 8, figs. 3, 4). Also described as new in Eigenmann (1913: 30).

Distribution: Magdalena and Sinu River basins, Colombia (Reis, 2003).

Hoplosternum punctatum Meek & Hildebrand, 1916

Hoplosternum punctatum Meek & Hildebrand, 1916: 264 , pl. 14. Type locality: Rio Marte Arnade , 6 miles east of Panama City, Panama. Holotype: FMNH 8943 .

Distribution: Pacific coastal drainages of Panama and Atrato River basin, Colombia (Reis, 2003).