Astroblepus Humboldt [F. H. A. von] 1805:19 Masc. Astroblepus grixalvii Humboldt 1805. Type by monotypy. Spelled Astroblepes by Swainson 1838:322, et. seq. [ref. 4302] and 1839:189, 308 [ref. 4303]. •Valid as Astroblepus Humboldt 1805 -- (Burgess 1989:449 [ref. 12860], de Pinna 1998:302 [ref. 23847], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:312 [ref. 27061], Proudlove 2006:155 [ref. 28992], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155], Ardila Rodríguez 2011:23 [ref. 31411], Ardila Rodríguez 2011:1 [ref. 32731], Ardila Rodríguez 2013:[1] [ref. 33713], Ardila Rodríguez 2014:1 [ref. 33721], Ardila Rodríguez 2014:3 [ref. 33776], Ardila Rodríguez 2015:125 [ref. 34163], Ardila Rodríguez 2015:1 [ref. 34412], Ardila Rodríguez 2016:1 [ref. 34888], Ardila Rodríguez 2018:1 [ref. 36328]). Current status: Valid as Astroblepus Humboldt 1805. Astroblepidae.