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Genera in the family or subfamily Myleinae: [ 10 ] records

Acnodon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:147 Masc. Myleus oligacanthus Müller & Troschel 1844. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Acnodon Eigenmann 1903 -- (Géry 1972:196 [ref. 1594], Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:275 [ref. 1597], Jégu & Santos 1990:189 [ref. 20145], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006]). Current status: Valid as Acnodon Eigenmann 1903. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Mylesinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:234 Masc. Mylesinus schomburgkii Valenciennes 1850. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Mylesinus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Géry 1972:187 [ref. 1594], Géry 1976:49 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:275 [ref. 1597], Jégu & Santos 1988 [ref. 12838], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Andrade et al. 2013:297 [ref. 32757]). Current status: Valid as Mylesinus Valenciennes 1850. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Myleus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:98 Masc. Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel 1844. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Eigenmann 1910:443 [ref. 1224]. See also discussion of Cartaba Hilhouse 1825 in Whitehead 1973:6, footnote [ref. 13755]. •Valid as Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Géry 1972:157 [ref. 1594], Géry 1976:49 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:259 [ref. 1597], Géry et al. 1987:446 [ref. 6001], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654], Jégu & Santos 2002:33 [ref. 26050], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Andrade et al. 2013:297 [ref. 32757], Andrade et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35880], Kolmann et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37721]). Current status: Valid as Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Myloplus Gill [T. N.] 1896:214 Masc. Myletes asterias Müller & Troschel 1844. Type by subsequent designation. Proposed by Gill for the subgenus Myletes as treated by Müller & Troschel 1844, not Myletes Cuvier; no type mentioned. First technical addition of species not researched; type as given by Jordan 1920:467 [ref. 4905]. •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844, but a valid subgenus Myloplus -- (Géry 1972:161 [ref. 1594], Géry 1976:49 [ref. 14199], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061] as Mylopius). •Valid as Myloplus Gill 1896 -- (Britski et al. 1999:58 [ref. 24147], Jégu et al. 2003:833 [ref. 27668], Jégu et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27829], Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Andrade et al. 2016:154 [ref. 34307], Andrade et al. 2016:571 [ref. 34960], Andrade et al. 2018:111 [ref. 35868], Andrade et al. 2019:[1] [ref. 37167], Ota et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37456], Kolmann et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37721], Soares et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40581], Machado et al. 2024:1 [ref. 41210]). Current status: Valid as Myloplus Gill 1896. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Orthomyleus (subgenus of Myleus) Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:148 Masc. Myletes ellipticus Günther 1864. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Géry 1972:161 [ref. 1594], Géry 1976:49 [ref. 14199], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Myloplus Gill 1896 by placement of type species. Current status: Synonym of Myloplus Gill 1896. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Ossubtus Jégu [M.] 1992:240 Neut. Ossubtus xinguense Jégu 1992. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as neuter as an arbitrary spelling; per pers. comm. R. M. Bailey, 5/2003 on advice from Dr. D. Cameron. •Valid as Ossubtus Jégu 1992 -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:187 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Andrade et al. 2013:298 [ref. 32757], Andrade et al. 2016:5 [ref. 34773]). Current status: Valid as Ossubtus Jégu 1992. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Paramyloplus Norman [J. R.] 1929:828 Masc. Paramyloplus ternetzi Norman 1929. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844, but a valid subgenus Paramyloplus -- (Géry 1972:170 [ref. 1594], Géry 1976:49 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:266 [ref. 1597]). •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Myloplus Gill 1896 -- (Andrade et al. 2016:154 [ref. 34307] by placement of type species). •Valid as Paramyloplus Norman 1929 -- (Kolmann et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37721]). Current status: Valid as Paramyloplus Norman 1929. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Prosomyleus (subgenus of Myleus) Géry [J.] 1972:182 Masc. Myletes rhomboidalis Cuvier 1818. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844, but a valid subgenus as described -- (Géry 1972:182 [ref. 1594]). •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Géry 1976:49 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:266 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Myloplus Gill 1896 by placement of type species. •Valid as Prosomyleus Géry 1972 -- (Kolmann et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37721]). Current status: Valid as Prosomyleus Géry 1972. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Tometes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:225 Masc. Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes 1850. Type by subsequent designation. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:242 [ref. 2410]. •Synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Géry 1972:157 [ref. 1594], Géry 1976:49 [ref. 14199], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Tometes Valenciennes 1850 -- (Jégu et al. 2002:24 [ref. 26274], Jégu et al. 2002:253 [ref. 26654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:192 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Andrade et al. 2013:297 [ref. 32757], Andrade et al. 2016:467 [ref. 34140], Andrade et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35291], Kolmann et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37721]). Current status: Valid as Tometes Valenciennes 1850. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.

Utiaritichthys Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1937:58 Masc. Utiaritichthys sennaebragai Miranda Ribeiro 1937. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Utiaritichlys on p. 58. Species originally sennae-bragai (correction mandatory). •Possible synonym of Myleus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Andrade et al. 2016:163 [ref. 34307]). •Valid as Utiaritichthys Miranda Ribeiro 1937 -- (Géry 1976:51 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:267 [ref. 1597], Jégu et al. 1992:105 [ref. 19734], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:192 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Pereira & Castro 2014:397 [ref. 33385], Kolmann et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37721]). Current status: Valid as Utiaritichthys Miranda Ribeiro 1937. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae.