Mylossoma Eigenmann [C. H.] & Kennedy [C. H.] 1903:530 Neut. Myletes albiscopus Cope 1872. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Eigenmann 1903 (Dec.):148 [ref. 1218]. Misspelled Mylosoma by Eigenmann 1910:444 [ref. 1224] and Mylosomma by Norman 1929:814 [ref. 3218]. •Valid as Mylossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 -- (Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:258 [ref. 1597], Géry et al. 1987:443 [ref. 6001], Taphorn 1992:284 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:60 [ref. 24147], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:187 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Mateussi et al. 2018:277 [ref. 35820]). Current status: Valid as Mylossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903. Serrasalmidae: Colossomatinae.