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SU 36489 Astyanax superbus Myers [G. S.], 1942 Holotype  [Collection database record]
superbus, Astyanax Myers [G. S.] 1942:92, Fig. 2 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 4); ref. 3121] Small brook tributary to Río Tamanaco at Camoruco, 20 kilometers northeast of San Carlos, Cojedes state, Venezuela. Holotype: CAS-SU 36489. Paratypes: CAS-SU 36490 (3, now 2), USNM 130640 [ex CAS-SU 36490] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:22 [ref. 12291], Vari & Howe 1991:8 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Astyanax superbus Myers 1942 -- (Taphorn 1992:122 [ref. 23654], Garutti 1998:121 [ref. 23797], Garutti 1999:587 [ref. 24920], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:112 [ref. 27061], Ruiz-C. et al. 2011:51 [ref. 31365], Marinho & Birindelli 2013:46 [ref. 32569], Marinho & Ohara 2013:476 [ref. 32713], Ruiz-C. et al. 2018:22 [ref. 35787], Ruiz-C. et al. 2023:198 [ref. 40361]). Current status: Valid as Astyanax superbus Myers 1942. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: upper Apure River drainage, Orinoco River basin, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.
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