Clupeacharax Pearson [N. E.] 1924:46 Masc. Clupeacharax anchoveoides Pearson 1924. Type by monotypy. Not Clupeocharax Pellegrin 1926. •Valid as Clupeacharax Pearson 1924 -- (Géry 1977:346 [ref. 1597], Britski et al. 1999:49 [ref. 24147], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:171 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Gasteropelecidae with question, Mirande 2009:11 [ref. 30267] as not a Characidae, Mirande 2010:466 [ref. 31006] in Gasteropelecidae with question, Oliveira et al. 2011:13 [ref. 31685] in Clupeacharacinae, Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Mariguela et al. 2016:130 [ref. 34141] in Triportheidae). Current status: Valid as Clupeacharax Pearson 1924. Triportheidae: Clupeacharacinae.