Melloina Amaral Campos [A.] 1946:219 Fem. Melloina tambaqui Amaral Campos 1946. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Meloina on p. 217, everywhere else as Melloina. •Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 -- (Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199], Taphorn 1992:161 [ref. 23654] as Mellonina, Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903. Serrasalmidae: Colossomatinae.