Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
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CETOPSIDAE Bleeker, 1858
Cetopsini Bleeker, 1858b: 49, 250, 257.
Type
genus:
Cetopsis
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
.
Helogenidae Regan, 1911: 573
.
Type
genus:
Helogenes
Günther, 1863
.
Taxonomic summary: Vari & Ferraris (2003).
Revision: Vari
et al.
(2005),
Cetopsinae
; Vari & Ortega (1986),
Helogeninae
.
Monophyly: de Pinna & Vari (1995).
5 genera, 41 species; no named fossil taxa.
CETOPSIDIUM
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsidium
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 133
.
Type
species:
Pseudocetopsis orientale
Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003
.
Type
by original designation. Gender: Neuter.
Cetopsidium ferreirai
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsidium ferreirai
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 133
, fig. 1. Type locality:
Brazil
.
Pará
:
Rio Trombetas
basin,
Rio Mapuera
, last cachoeira before
Rio Trombetas
(approximately
1º05'S
,
57º01'W
).
Holotype
:
INPA 10194
.
Distribution: Trombetas River basin,
Brazil
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 135).
Cetopsidium minutum
(Eigenmann, 1912)
Hemicetopsis minutus
Eigenmann, 1912b: 211
, pl. 23 (fig. 2). Type locality:
Amatuk Cataract
,
British Guiana
.
Holotype
:
FMNH 53262
.
Distribution: Potaro and Middle Essequibo Rivers,
Guyana
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 137).
Cetopsidium morenoi
(Fernández-Yépez, 1972)
Hemicetopsis morenoi
Fernández-Yépez, 1972b: 19
. Type locality:
Río Aguaro
,
1 km
. abajo del paso Garcerito al Oeste franco
de Santa
Rita, Estado
Guárico
,
Venezuela
.
Holotype
: author’s personal collection, whereabouts unknown.
Distribution: Central and western tributaries of Orinoco River basin,
Colombia
and
Venezuela
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 141).
Cetopsidium orientale
(Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003)
Pseudocetopsis orientale
Vari, Ferraris & Keith, 2003: 693
, fig. 1. Type locality:
Suriname
,
Brokopondo District
,
Mindrineti Kreek
, close to mouth of
Maykaboeka Kreek
,
Saramacca
River
basin, on
Gros Rosevel Mining
concession (
5º07'08.8"N
,
55º16'59.4"W
).
Holotype
:
MHNG 2621-040
.
Distribution:
Suriname
and
French Guiana
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 144).
Cetopsidium pemon
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsidium pemon
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 144
, fig. 8–9. Type locality:
Venezuela
.
Bolivar
:
Río Caroni
, at mouth of
Río Claro
(
7º54'45"N
,
63º02'35"W
).
Holotype
:
MCNG 19475
.
Distribution: Caroni, Caura and Meta river basins,
Venezuela
and
Colombia
, Branco River,
Brazil
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 146).
Cetopsidium roae
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsidium roae
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 147
, fig. 10. Type locality:
Guyana
.
Rupununi River
,
Karanambo
(
3º45'N
,
58º18'W
).
Holotype
:
BMNH 1972.7
.27.629.
Distribution: Rupununi region,
Guyana
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 149).
CETOPSIS
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Cetopsis
Spix & Agassiz, 1829: 11
.
Type
species:
Silurus coecutiens
Lichtenstein, 1819
.
Type
by subsequent designation by Bleeker (1862–63: 16). Gender: Feminine.
Hemicetopsis
Bleeker, 1862c: 403
.
Type
species:
Cetopsis candiru
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
.
Type
by monotypy. Gen- der: Feminine.
Pseudocetopsis
Bleeker, 1862c: 403
.
Type
species:
Cetopsis gobioides
Kner, 1857
.
Type
by monotypy. Gender: Feminine.
Bathycetopsis
Lundberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 1994: 382
.
Type
species:
Bathycetopsis oliveirai
Lundberg & Rapp
Py- Daniel, 1994.
Type
by original designation. Gender: Feminine.
Cetopsis amphiloxa
(Eigenmann, 1914)
Hemicetopsis amphiloxus
Eigenmann
, in Eigenmann,
Henn
&
Wilson
, 1914: 14. Type locality: Creek near San Lorenzo, [Río] Patía basin,
Colombia
.
Holotype
:
FMNH 56519
;
holotype
illustrated in Eigenmann (1922b: 57, pl. 3, fig. 2) and Vari
et al.
(2005: 151, fig. 11).
Distribution: Patía, upper San Juan and Atrato River basins, Pacific versant, western
Colombia
, and rivers of northwestern
Ecuador
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 152).
Cetopsis arcana
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis arcana
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 153
, fig. 13. Type locality:
Brazil
.
Goiás
:
São Domingos
,
Parque Estadual de Terra Ronca
,
Boca da Lapa de Bezerra
(
13º32'43"S
,
46º22'35"W
).
Holotype
:
MZUSP 58637
.
Distribution: Middle and upper
Tocantins
River
basin (Vari
et al.
, 2005:155).
Cetopsis baudoensis
(
Dahl, 1960)
Pseudocetopsis baudoênsis
Dahl, 1960a: 452
, figured on p. 453. Type locality:
Quitasol
,
Baudó
, western
Colombia
.
Holotype
: ICNMHN 118.
Distribution: Baudó River basin, Pacific versant,
Colombia
(Vari
et al.
, 2005:157).
Cetopsis caiapo
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis caiapo
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 157
, fig. 15. Type locality:
Brazil
:
Goiás
:
Município
de Minaçu
/ Cavalcante, Rio
Tocantins
, at location of the future dam of the
Usina Hidroeléletrica Serra da Mesa
(
13º50'S
,
48º19'W
).
Holotype
:
MNRJ 13236
.
Distribution:
Tocantins
River basin,
Brazil
(Vari
et al.
, 2005:159).
Cetopsis candiru
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Cetopsis candiru
Spix & Agassiz, 1829: 13
, pl. 10 (fig. 1). Type locality: Brasiliae aequatoralis fluviis.
Lectotype
: MHNG 210.05, designated by Vari
et al.
(2005: 160); MNHG
syntype
illustrated in Mahnert (1985: 12, fig. 4). Name first appeared in Cuvier (1829) as a
nomen nudum
.
Cetopsis Spixii
Swainson, 1839: 308
. Type locality: Brasiliae aequatoralis fluviis.
Syntypes
:
MHNG 210.05
(1),
MHNN 735–7
(3). Unneeded new name for
Cetopsis candiru
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
.
Distribution: Amazon
River
basin (Vari
et al.
, 2005: 160).
Cetopsis coecutiens
(Lichtenstein, 1819)
Silurus coecutiens
Lichtenstein, 1819: 61
. Type locality:
Brasilien
.
Holotype
: ZMB 3093, apparently no longer extant (Vari
et al.
, 2005: 164).
Silurus caecutiens
Günther, 1864: 199
. Type locality:
Brazil
.
Holotype
: ZMB 3093, apparently no longer extant (Vari
et al.
, 2005: 164). Unjustified emendation of
Silurus coecutiens
Lichtenstein, 1819
.
Distribution: Amazon,
Tocantins
and Orinoco
River
basins (Vari
et al.
, 2005: 164).
Cetopsis fimbriata
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis fimbriata
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 165
, fig. 20. Type locality:
Colombia
.
Choco
:
Creek
of
upper Río Nercua
(approximately
7º01'N
,
77º30'W
), large tributary of
Río Truando.
Holotype
:
USNM 305348
.
Distribution: Nercua River, a tributary of the Truando River which flows into the Atrato basin of the Caribbean Sea versant of northwestern
Colombia
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 167).
Cetopsis gobioides
Kner, 1857
Cetopsis gobioides
Kner, 1857: 407
, pl. 6 (fig. 16). Type locality:
Irisanga
[
Brazil
].
Syntypes
: NMW 47378 (2).
Cetopsis chalmersi
Norman, 1926a: 116
. Type locality:
Rio das Velhas
about
32 miles
north of
Bello
(=Belo) Horizonte,
Brazil
.
Lectotype
:
BMNH 1925.10
.1.4, designated by Vari
et al.
(2005: 171).
Distribution: Upper São Francisco, Paraná and
Uruguay
River basins and Juquiá River of coastal
Brazil
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 170).
Remarks:
Silurus pygmaeus
Natterer
is an unavailable manuscript name published in the account of
Cetopsis gobioides
Kner (1857)
.
Cetopsis jurubidae
(Fowler, 1944)
Pseudocetopsis jurubidae
Fowler, 1944b: 235
, figs. 7–9. Type locality:
Clear
waters of
Rio Jurubidá
,
Nuquí
[northwestern
Colombia
].
Holotype
:
ANSP 71430
.
Holotype
illustrated in Vari
et al.
(2005: 173, figs. 23–24).
Distribution: Jurubidá River basin, Pacific versant,
Colombia
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 174).
Cetopsis montana
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis montana
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 174
, fig. 26. Type locality:
Peru
.
Amazonas
:
100 m
upriver from
Caterpiza
(approximately
3º55'S
,
77º42'W
).
Holotype
:
LACM 41989-1
.
Distribution: Amazon River basin of northeastern
Peru
and southeastern
Ecuador
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 150).
Cetopsis motatanensis
(Schultz, 1944)
Pseudocetopsis plumbeus motatanensis
Schultz, 1944c: 255
, pl. 5 (fig. b). Type locality:
Río Motatán
,
4 km
. above
Motatán
,
Venezuela
.
Holotype
:
USNM 121265
.
Distribution: Lake Maracaibo basin of
Venezuela
and
Colombia
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 178).
Cetopsis oliveirai
(
Lundberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 1994)
Bathycetopsis oliveirai
Lundberg & Rapp Py-Daniel, 1994: 383
, figs. 1, 3–4. Type locality:
Brazil
,
Amazonas State
,
Rio Solimões
north of
Ilha da Marchantaria
, approximately
15 km
upstream of the mouth of
Rio Negro
at
Manaus
, approximately
15 m
depth
,
3º15'S
,
60º00'W
.
Holotype
:
INPA 4439
.
Distribution: Middle and upper Amazon River basin,
Brazil
and
Peru
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 180).
Cetopsis orinoco
(Schultz, 1944)
Pseudocetopsis plumbeus orinoco
Schultz, 1944c: 253
, pl. 5 (fig. a). Type locality:
Río Torbes
,
1 km
. above
Táriba
,
Orinoco
system,
Venezuela
.
Holotype
:
USNM 121263
.
Distribution: Orinoco River basin and Aroa and
Yaracuy
river basins of coastal
Venezuela
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 183).
Cetopsis othonops
(Eigenmann, 1912)
Hemicetopsis othonops
Eigenmann, 1912a: 17
. Type locality:
Girardot
,
Colombia
.
Holotype
:
FMNH 56040
;
holotype
illustrated in Eigenmann (1922b: 56, pl. 3, fig. 1).
Distribution:
Magdalena
and Sinu River basins (Vari
et al.
, 2005); also
Cauca
, San Jorge, Apulo and Catatumbo basins,
Colombia
(Maldonado Campo
et al.
, 2005).
Cetopsis parma
Oliviera, Vari & Ferraris, 2001
Cetopsis parma
Oliviera, Vari & Ferraris, 2001: 575
, fig. 1. Type locality:
Peru
.
Departamento de Ucayali
, Provincia Coronel Portillo.
Río Tambo
,
Río Ucayali
basin,
Pucallpa
,
Atalaya
(
8º23'S
,
74º32'W
).
Holotype
:
MUSM 2266
; illustrated in Vari
et al.
(2005: 187, fig. 35).
Distribution: Upper Amazon
River
basin (Vari
et al.
, 2005: 188).
Cetopsis pearsoni
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis pearsoni
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 189
, fig. 36. Type locality:
Peru
.
Puno
:
Provincia de Sandia
,
Río Candamo
,
Zona Reserva Tambopata
(
13º28.97'S
,
69º50.08'W
),
358 m
elevation.
Holotype
:
MUSM 11093
.
Distribution: Upper Madeira River basin,
Peru
and
Bolivia
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 190).
Cetopsis plumbea
(Steindachner, 1882)
Cetopsis plumbeus
Steindachner, 1882b: 178
. Type locality:
Canelos
[
Ecuador
].
Lectotype
:
NMW 47381-1
(
46 mm
SL), designated by Vari
et al.
(2005: 194). Species illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner (1882c: 31, pl. 6, fig. 3).
Cetopsis macroteronema
Boulenger, 1898c: 8
. Type locality:
Rio Zamora
,
Equateur
oriental.
Syntypes
:
BMNH 1898.11
.
4.11 (1),
ZMUT 1548
(1)
Distribution: Upper Amazon River basin,
Ecuador
and
Peru
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 193).
Cetopsis sandrae
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis sandrae
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 195
, figs. 39–40. Type locality:
Brazil
.
Mato Grosso
:
Nova Mutum
, unnamed
Corrego
,
Fazenda
Buriti
, approximately
1.5 km
S of Fazenda
(
13º51'52"S
,
56º11'36"W
).
Holotype
:
MZUSP 61091
.
Distribution: Arinos River, upper Tapajós River basin,
Brazil
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 150).
Cetopsis sarcodes
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis sarcodes
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 197
, fig. 42. Type locality:
Brazil
.
Goiás
:
Município
de Minaçu
/ Cavalcante, Rio
Tocantins
between site of future dam of Usina Hidroeléctrica Cana Brava and Ilha do Orgulho and
Porto do Garimpo.
Holotype
:
MNRJ 13024
.
Distribution:
Tocantins
River basin,
Brazil
(Vari
et al.
, 2005:199).
Cetopsis starnesi
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis starnesi
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 199
, fig. 43. Type locality:
Bolivia
.
Tarija
:
Argentinian-Bolivian
border,
Río Bermejo
,
4–5 km
S of Pueblo Salado
, approximately 30 air km
S of Bermejo
(
22º27'S
,
64º32'W
).
Holotype
:
USNM 314309
.
Distribution: Northwestern part of La Plata River basin and upper Madeira River basin,
Bolivia
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 201).
Cetopsis umbrosa
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Cetopsis umbrosa
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 201
, fig. 44. Type locality:
Colombia
.
Meta
:
Río Negro
, downstream from main Villavicencio to Puerto Lopez highway at
La Balsa
(
04º04'N
,
73º04'W
).
Holotype
:
ANSP 137559
.
Distribution: Orinoco River basin,
Colombia
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 203).
DENTICETOPSIS
Ferraris, 1996
Denticetopsis
Ferraris, 1996: 162
.
Type
species:
Denticetopsis sauli
Ferraris, 1996
.
Type
by original designation. Gender: Feminine.
Denticetopsis epa
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Denticetopsis epa
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 206
, fig. 45. Type locality:
Brazil
.
Pará
:
Igarapé do Limão
,
Rio
Tocantins
,
Baião
(
2º41'S
,
49º41'W
).
Holotype
:
MZUSP 24060
.
Distribution: Lower
Tocantins
River basin,
Brazil
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 208).
Denticetopsis iwokrama
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Denticetopsis iwokrama
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 208
, fig. 47. Type locality:
Guyana
. Essequibo:
Siparuni River
at
Tumble Down Creek
,
Essequibo
River
basin (
4º48'39"N
,
58º51'11"W
).
Holotype
:
ANSP 177215
.
Distribution: Siparuni River basin,
Guyana
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 210).
Denticetopsis macilenta
(Eigenmann, 1912)
Hemicetopsis macilentus
Eigenmann, 1912b: 211
, pl. 23 (fig. 1). Type locality:
Creek
below
Potaro Landing
,
British Guiana
.
Holotype
:
FMNH 53260
; illustrated in Vari
et al.
(2005: 211, figs. 48–49).
Distribution: Potaro River,
Essequibo
River basin,
Guyana
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 212).
Denticetopsis praecox
(Ferraris & Brown, 1991)
Pseudocetopsis praecox
Ferraris & Brown, 1991: 162
, fig. 1. Type locality:
Neblina
base camp,
Río Mawarinuma
of the
Río Baria
drainage,
Territorio Federal
Amazonas
, southern
Venezuela
,
0º55'N
,
66º10'W
,
elevation
120 m
.
Holotype
:
AMNH 74446
.
Distribution: Baria River, Upper Negro River basin,
Venezuela
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 215).
Denticetopsis royeroi
Ferraris, 1996
Denticetopsis royeroi
Ferraris, 1996: 167
, figs. 4, 12. Type locality:
Venezuela
:
Estado
Amazonas
,
Caño Chola
at crossing of
San Carlos de Río Negro
to
Solano Road
,
1º58'N
,
67º00'W
.
Holotype
: MBUCV V-26785, illustrated in Vari
et al.
(2005: 216, fig. 51).
Distribution: Upper Negro River basin,
Venezuela
; known only from
holotype
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 216).
Denticetopsis sauli
Ferraris, 1996
Denticetopsis sauli
Ferraris, 1996: 164
, figs. 3, 11. Type locality:
Venezuela
,
Estado
Amazonas
,
Outflow
stream from series of morichales, ca. 5.0 km from mouth of
Río Pamoni
,
2º48'N
,
65º53'W
.
Holotype
: MBUCV V- 20300.
Distribution: Around mouth of Pamoni River,
Venezuela
; known only from
type
series (Vari
et al.
, 2005: 218).
Denticetopsis seducta
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Denticetopsis seducta
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 218
, fig. 53. Type locality:
Peru
.
Loreto
:
Caño
“Sabalito,” small creek on terra firma approximately
25 mi
(=km)
S of Iquitos
(
4º14'45"S
,
73º24'57"W
).
Holotype
:
ANSP 178466
.
Distribution: Western Amazon
River
basin, and possibly southwestern Orinoco
River
basin (Vari
et al.
, 2005: 221).
HELOGENES
Günther, 1863
Helogenes
Günther, 1863: 443
.
Type
species:
Helogenes marmoratus
Günther, 1863
.
Type
by monotypy. Gender: Masculine.
Leyvaichthys
Dahl, 1960b: 302
.
Type
species:
Leyvaichthys castaneus
Dahl, 1960
.
Type
by original designation. Gender: Masculine. Spelled
Leyvaichths
in one place, precedence established by first-reviser action of Eschmeyer & Bailey (in Eschmeyer, 1990: 221).
Revision: Vari & Ortega (1986).
Helogenes castaneus
(Dahl, 1960)
Leyvaichthys castaneus
Dahl, 1960b: 303
. Type locality: Small pond in a brook tributary to the Guayabero River, approx. one kilometer from the mouth of the brook, and 1500 meters from the expedition Camp Nº 1, situated on the left bank of the Guayabero about 4 kilometers from Camp Thompson,
Colombia
.
Holotype
: Whereabouts unknown.
Distribution: Upper Orinoco,
Guaviare
and
Meta
River basins,
Colombia
(Vari & Ferraris, 2003).
Helogenes gouldingi
Vari & Ortega, 1986
Helogenes gouldingi
Vari & Ortega, 1986: 7
, fig. 3. Type locality:
Brazil
.
Amazonas
:
Igarapé
,
15 km
from
Humaitá
along
Rio Madeira
(
7º31'S
,
63º02'W
).
Holotype
:
MZUSP 28854
.
Distribution: Madeira River basin,
Brazil
(Vari & Ferraris, 2003).
Helogenes marmoratus
Günther, 1863
Helogenes marmoratus
Günther, 1863: 443
. Type locality:
Essequibo
River
,
Guiana
.
Lectotype
:
BMNH 1864.1
.21.83, designated by
Vari
&
Ortega
(1986: 16).
Helogenes amazonae
Delsman, 1941: 80
. Type locality:
Manaos
[=Manaus, Amazonas,
Brazil
].
Holotype
:
IRSNB 545
.
Helogenes unidorsalis
Glodek & Carter, 1978: 77
, fig. 1. Type locality:
Eastern
Ecuador
,
Rio Bobonaza
between Sarayacu and Montalvo.
Holotype
:
FMNH 80463
.
Distribution: Atlantic drainages of Guianas, upper Orinoco and Negro systems and upper Amazon
River
basin (Vari & Ferraris, 2003).
Helogenes uruyensis
Fernández-Yépez, 1967
Helogenes marmoratus uruyensis
Fernández-Yépez, 1967: 166
, pls. 2, 3 (fig. 2). Type locality:
Río Uruyén
,
Venezuela
.
Holotype
: AFY 56613 (whereabouts unknown).
Distribution: Uruyén River basin,
Venezuela
(Vari & Ferraris, 2003).
PARACETOPSIS
Bleeker, 1862
Paracetopsis
Bleeker, 1862
(in Bleeker, 1862–63): 16.
Type
species:
Paracetopsis bleekeri
Bleeker, 1862
.
Type
by original designation. Gender: Feminine.
Paracetopsis
Eigenmann & Bean, 1907: 615
.
Type
species:
Cetopsis occidentalis
Steindachner, 1880
.
Type
by orig- inal designation. Gender: Feminine. Preoccupied by
Paracetopsis
Bleeker, 1862
.
Cetopsogiton
Eigenmann & Bean
, in Eigenmann, 1910: 398.
Type
species:
Cetopsis occidentalis
Steindachner, 1880
.
Type
by being a replacement name. Gender: Masculine. Replacement for
Paracetopsis
Eigenmann & Bean, 1907
, preoccupied by
Paracetopsis
Bleeker, 1862
.
Paracetopsis atahualpa
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Paracetopsis atahualpa
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 223
, fig. 54. Type locality:
Peru
.
Tumbes
:
Río
Tumbes
,
Cabo Inga
(
3º58'00"S
,
80º24'59"W
).
Holotype
:
MUSM 11560
.
Distribution:
Tumbes
River basin, northwestern
Peru
and upper Zarumilla River basin, southwestern
Ecuador
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 224).
Paracetopsis bleekeri
Bleeker, 1862
Paracetopsis bleekeri
Bleeker, 1862
(in Bleeker, 1862–63): 16. Type locality:
Not
stated.
Neotype
: NMW 47377, designated by Vari
et al.
(2005: 227).
Cetopsis ventralis
Gill, 1870: 95
. Type locality:
Maranon
or
upper Amazon
, and
Napo
Rivers
[in error, actually rivers of southwestern
Ecuador
].
Holotype
:
USNM 8307
.
Cetopsis occidentalis
Steindachner, 1880b: 99
, pl. 8 (figs. 2, 2a). Type locality:
Guayaquil
[
Ecuador
].
Holotype
: NMW 47377.
Distribution:
Guayas
and Santa Rosa river basins, Pacific Ocean versant of southwestern
Ecuador
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 227).
Paracetopsis esmeraldas
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005
Paracetopsis esmeraldas
Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005: 228
, fig. 57. Type locality:
Ecuador
.
Esmeraldas
:
Río Blanco
,
4 km
above junction with
Río Quininde
(
0º20'N
,
79º28'W
;
Río
Esmeraldas
basin).
Holotype
: MCZ 48768.
Distribution: Pacific Ocean versant rivers of northwestern
Ecuador
(Vari
et al.
, 2005: 230).