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.