Aspistor

Aspistor was a genus of sea catfishes found along the northeastern coast of South America, where they occur in marine, brackish, and fresh waters. The name is now a synonym of Notarius.

Aspistor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Aspistor D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Type species
Arius luniscutis Valenciennes, 1840

Species

The species formerly in this genus are:^[1]

• Aspistor cookei (Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002); valid as Notarius cookei
• Aspistor hardenbergi (Kailola, 2000); valid as Hemiarius hardenbergi
• Aspistor kessleri (Steindachner, 1876); valid as Notarius kessleri
• Aspistor luniscutis (Valenciennes, 1840); valid as Notarius luniscutis
• Aspistor neogranatensis (Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2002); valid as Notarius neogranatensis
• Aspistor osculus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1883); valid as Notarius osculus
• Aspistor parkeri (Traill, 1832); valid as Sciades parkeri
• Aspistor planiceps (Steindachner, 1876); valid as Notarius planiceps
• Aspistor platypogon (Günther, 1864); valid as Occidentarius platypogon
• Aspistor quadriscutis (Valenciennes, 1840); valid as Notarius quadriscutis

As of August 2025^[update], FishBase only lists A. hardenbergi.^[2]