Perrunichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1944:(188) 229 Masc. Perrunichthys perruno Schultz 1944. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Perrunichthys Schultz 1944 -- (Burgess 1989:282 [ref. 12860], Lundberg et al. 1991:842 [ref. 19175], de Pinna 1998:315 [ref. 23847], Lundberg & Littmann in Reis et al. 2003:438 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:335 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Leiarius Bleeker 1862 based on placement of the type species -- (Lindberg et al. 2011:165 [ref. 31593], Grant 2021:70 [ref. 38702]). Current status: Synonym of Leiarius Bleeker 1862. Pimelodidae.