Galeocharax Fowler [H. W.] 1910:790 Masc. Cynopotamus gulo Cope 1870. Type by original designation. •Valid as Galeocharax Fowler 1910 -- (Menezes 1976:40 [ref. 7073] in subfamily Cynopotaminae, Taphorn 1992:185 [ref. 23654], Braga 1994:7 [ref. 27878], Britski et al. 1999:52 [ref. 24147], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:203 [ref. 27061], Menezes 2007:21 [ref. 29171], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Characinae, Mirande 2010:490 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:15 [ref. 31685], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Giovannetti et al. 2017:[3] [ref. 35215]). Current status: Valid as Galeocharax Fowler 1910. Characidae: Characinae.