Lignobrycon Eigenmann [C. H.] & Myers [G. S.] 1929:513 Masc. Lignobrycon ligniticus Woodward 1898. Type by original designation (also monotypic). A fossil genus to which one recent species is referred. •Valid as Lignobrycon Eigenmann & Myers 1929 -- (Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:144 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Bryconinae with question, Mirande 2010:482 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:13 [ref. 31685], Mariguela et al. 2016:130 [ref. 34141] in Triportheidae). Current status: Valid as Lignobrycon Eigenmann & Myers 1929. Triportheidae.