tropis, Hyphessobrycon Géry [J.] 1963:57, Fig. 5 [Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 12 (no. 3); ref. 4856] Near Tapurucuara, upper Rio Negro, Brazil. Holotype: USNM 198639 [ex Géry coll. M.336,1]. Paratypes: Géry coll. (1). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:28 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Hyphessobrycon tropis Géry 1963 -- (Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:141 [ref. 27061], Teixeira et al. 2016:474 [ref. 34088], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[9] [ref. 35679]). Current status: Valid as Hyphessobrycon tropis Géry 1963. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: Middle Negro River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.