Epicyrtus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:92 Masc. Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Epicyrtus Dejean 1833 in Coleoptera, replaced by Anacyrtus Günther 1864. •Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Taphorn 1992:152 [ref. 23654], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.