Megalancistrus parananus, (Peters, 1881)

Koerber, Stefan, Vera-Alcaraz, Héctor S. & Reis, Roberto E., 2017, Checklist of the Fishes of Paraguay (CLOFPY)., Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 53, pp. 1-99 : 64

M. parananus (Peters, 1881)

Pterygoplichthys parananus Peters, 1881

Chaetostomus aculeatus Perugia, 1891

Chaetostomus gigas Boulenger, 1895

type localities aculeatus : Asunción gigas : Paraguay records o Perugia (1891): type locality of synonym Chaetostomus aculeatus o Boulenger (1895b): type locality of synonym Chaetostomus gigas o Boulenger (1896): listing sub Chaetostomus gigas o Regan (1904): locality sub Ancistrus gigas o Bertoni (1914): listing sub Pterygloplichthys gigas o Bertoni (1939): listing sub Pterygloplichthys gigas o Weber et al. (1992): listing o Gill Morlis (1997): listing sub M. aculeatus o Fisch-Muller (2003): listing o Vera (2005): listing o Ferraris (2007): listing o Neris et al. (2008): listing

Hypostominae - unconfirmed listings from Paraguay requiring a verification based on voucher material

Hypostomus alatus Castelnau, 1855 | listed in Ramlow (1989) and Insaurralde et al. (2012)

Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner, 1854 | listed in Gill Morlis (1994) and sub H. cf. auroguttatus in Neris et al. (2010) Plecostomus borellii Boulenger, 1897 | listed sub Hypostomus b. in Insaurralde et al. (2013)

Plecostomus laplatae Eigenmann, 1907 | listed sub Hypostomus l. in Ramlow (1989) and Mandelburger et al. (1996) Plecostomus latirostris Regan, 1904 | listed sub Hypostomus l. in Weber (2003)

Plecostomus luteomaculatus Devincenzi, 1942 | listed sub Hypostomus l. in Neris et al. (2010)

Plecostomus margaritifer Regan, 1908 | listed sub Hypostomus m. in Weber (2003) with? for Paraguay

Hypostominae - species considered not to be distributed in Paraguay

Acipenser plecostomus Linnaeus, 1758 | Insaurralde et al. (2013) sub Hypostomus plecostomus | Weber (2003) Hemiancistrus niceforoi Fowler, 1943 | Insaurralde et al. (2013) | Weber (2003)

Hypostomus cirrhosus Valenciennes, 1836 | Insaurralde et al. (2012) sub Ancistrus cirrhosus | Fisch-Muller (2003) Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes, 1840 | Insaurralde et al. (2012, 2013) | Weber (2003)