punctatus, Doras (Corydoras) Kner [R.] 1853:146 [10], Pl. (fig. 5) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 11 [1853]; ref. 18262] Mato Grosso and rio Guaporé, Brazil. Lectotype: NMW 45435. Paralectotypes: (16) NMW 45434 (1, plus two gas bladders), 45437 (1), 45438 (1), 45439 (2), 45440 (3), 45441 (4) and possibly ? ANSP 207555 (1, skeleton, Hyrtl collection); RMNH 2966 (1), ZSM 4820 [ex NMW 45439] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:167 [ref. 29155]. On p. 10 of separate. Based only on a drawing of the gas bladder. Lectotype selected by Birindelli & Sabaj Pérez 2011:145 [ref. 31591]. Doras punctatus Kner 1855 is treated as a separate species description, but considered an objective synonym. •Species incertae sedis in Doradidae -- (Sabaj Pérez & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:458 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:167 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Doras punctatus Kner 1853 [sometimes dated 1855] -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:34 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Diogo et al. 2004:176 [ref. 27881], Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], Koerber et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40368], Koerber 2024:5 [ref. 41228], Koerber et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41721]). •Valid as Ossancora punctata (Kner 1853) -- (Birindelli & Sabaj Pérez 2011:139 [ref. 31591], Koerber 2014:6 [ref. 33621], Sarmiento et al. 2014:190 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:28 [ref. 35117], Vera-Alcaraz et al. 2017:5 [ref. 35082], Koerber et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35267], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:40 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Ossancora punctata (Kner 1853). Doradidae: Doradinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Paraná-Paraguay basins (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.