Callichthys Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:451 Masc. Silurus callichthys Linnaeus 1758. Appeared first without species; first addition of species not researched. Original spelling was Calichthys, and that spelling is regarded as a misprint for Callichthys (or Art. 33.3.1 can be used to suppress the original spelling). •Valid as Callichthys Scopoli 1777 -- (Gosline 1940:6 [ref. 6489], Burgess 1989:364 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:146 [ref. 14217], de Pinna 1998:301 [ref. 23847], Reis 1998:352 [ref. 23849], Britski et al. 1999:124 [ref. 24147], Franz 2001:21 [ref. 25831], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:293 [ref. 27061], Shimabukuro-Dias et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27953], Ferraris 2007:110 [ref. 29155], Ardila Rodríguez 2006:3 [ref. 29567], Bertaco et al. 2016:416 [ref. 34561]). Current status: Valid as Callichthys Scopoli 1777. Callichthyidae: Callichthyinae.