Charax Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:455 Masc. Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared without included species; first addition of species not researched; type designated by Eigenmann 1910:444 [ref. 1224] if gibbosus was an originally-included species. •Valid as Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Géry 1977:307 [ref. 1597], Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989 [ref. 12852], Malabarba 1989:132 [ref. 14217], Taphorn 1992:152 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:55 [ref. 24147], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Characinae, Mirande 2010:490 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:15 [ref. 31685], Menezes & Lucena 2014:193, 195 [ref. 33369], Menezes & Lucena 2014:193 [ref. 33369], Sarmiento et al. 2014:45, 184 [ref. 35004], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Guimarães et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35775], Melo et al. 2024:16 [ref. 41541] in Characinae). Current status: Valid as Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.