Odontostilbe Cope [E. D.] 1870:566 Fem. Odontostilbe fugitiva Cope 1870. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Cheirodon Girard 1855 -- (Fink & Weitzman 1974:3 [ref. 7132], Taphorn 1992:115 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Odontostilbe Cope 1870 -- (Géry 1977:554 [ref. 1597], Malabarba 1989:136 [ref. 14217], Casciotta et al. 1992 [ref. 21059], Malabarba 1998:219 [ref. 23844], Britski et al. 1999:47 [ref. 24147], Malabarba & Bertaco 1999:84 [ref. 24149], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:217 [ref. 27061], Bührnheim & Malabarba 2006:167 [ref. 28728], Bührnheim & Malabarba 2007:1 [ref. 29170], Miquelarena et al. 2008:81 [ref. 29829], Mirande 2009:8 [ref. 30267], Mirande 2010:531 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:15 [ref. 31685], Bertaco et al. 2016:414 [ref. 34561], Chuctaya et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35862], Chuctaya et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37856], Melo et al. 2024:15 [ref. 41541] in Cheirodontinae). Current status: Valid as Odontostilbe Cope 1870. Characidae: Cheirodontinae.