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Species in the genus Acestrocephalus: [ 9 ] records

acutus, Acestrocephalus Menezes [N. A.] 2006:397, Fig. 13 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 28897] Caldeirão, igarapé do Cinzento, rio Itacaiúnas, Pará State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 31650. Paratypes: many at MCP, MNRJ, and MZUSP. Plus non-type material. •Valid as Acestrocephalus acutus Menezes 2006. Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus acutus Menezes 2006. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Tocantins River and Tapajós River drainages, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

anomalus, Xiphorhamphus Steindachner [F.] 1880:84 [32] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 42; ref. 14403] Río Cauca, Colombia. Holotype (unique): NMW 57983. On p. 32 of separate. •Valid as Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindachner 1880) -- (Menezes 1976:37 [ref. 7073], Lasso & Taphorn 2000:443 [ref. 25255], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindachner 1880). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Magdalena River basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

boehlkei, Acestrocephalus Menezes [N. A.] 1977:186, Fig. 1 [Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) v. 30 (no. 13); ref. 7070] Río Punino, tributary of Río Payamino (Río Napo system), above Coca, Ecuador. Holotype: MCZ 51473. Paratypes: ANSP 134500-01 (5, 2); MCZ 51473-75 (1, 2, 1); MZUSP 12993-94 (2), 12995 (1), 12996-98 (3); USNM 216140-41 (1, 1). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:4 [ref. 19022], Böhlke 1984:43 [ref. 13621], Oyakawa 1996:446 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes 1977 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:6 [ref. 9708], Taphorn 1992:96 [ref. 23654] as cf. boehlkei, Lasso & Taphorn 2000:443 [ref. 25255], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], Menezes 2006:390 [ref. 28897], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:17 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes 1977. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). IUCN (2016): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

ginesi, Acestrocephalus Lasso [C. A.] & Taphorn [D. C.] 2000:443, Fig. 1 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 48 (no. 2/3); ref. 25255] Río Cinaruco, beach in front of Laguna Larga, Muñoz district, 6°33'45"N, 67°24'W, Apure State, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 34681. Paratypes: MCNG 12098 (5), 17956 (2), 18029 (4), 23305 (5), 26048 (3), 37820 (14), 37821 (1 c&s), 37822-25 (6, 5, 5, 5); MNHLS 12762 (1), 12807 (3). •Valid as Acestrocephalus ginesi Lasso & Taphorn 2000 -- (Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento 2016:537 [ref. 34727]). •Synonym of Acestrocephalus sardina (Fowler 1913) -- (Menezes 2006:387 [ref. 28897]). Current status: Synonym of Acestrocephalus sardina (Fowler 1913). Characidae: Characinae. Habitat: freshwater.

maculosus, Acestrocephalus Menezes [N. A.] 2006:393, Fig. 10 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 28897] Minaçu, córrego Água Parada, tributary of rio de Peixe, Serra de Mesa, Goiás State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 53974. Paratypes:MNRJ 12714 (1), MZUSP 90162 (1). •Valid as Acestrocephalus maculosus Menezes 2006. Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus maculosus Menezes 2006. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

nigrifasciatus, Acestrocephalus Menezes [N. A.] 2006:395, Fig. 12 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 28897] Porto dos Gaúchos, rio Arinos, rio Tapajós basin, 11°31'51"S, 57°25'08"W, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 30420. Paratypes: MCP 39930 (1), MZUSP 62845 (1), 62847 (1). •Valid as Acestrocephalus nigrifasciatus Menezes 2006. Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus nigrifasciatus Menezes 2006. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Mato Grosso, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

pallidus, Acestrocephalus Menezes [N. A.] 2006:398, Fig. 14 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 28897] Rio Madeira, ilha do Puruzinho, Amazonas State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 35624. Paratypes: MZUSP 63311 (10), 76623 (2), 89586 (3), •Valid as Acestrocephalus pallidus Menezes 2006. Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus pallidus Menezes 2006. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Madeira River and Machado River, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

sardina, Charax Fowler [H. W.] 1913:566, Fig. 21 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 65; ref. 1389] Rio Madeira, about 200 miles east of 62°20'W, Brazil. Holotype (unique): ANSP 39307. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:53 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Cynopotamus sardina (Fowler 1913) -- (authors). •Valid as Acestrocephalus sardina (Fowler 1913) -- (Menezes 1976:39 [ref. 7073], Taphorn 1992:96 [ref. 23654], Lasso & Taphorn 2000:443 [ref. 25255], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], Menezes 2006:387 [ref. 28897], Mirande 2010:495 [ref. 31006], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35773], Taphorn et al. 2022:13 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus sardina (Fowler 1913). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

stigmatus, Acestrocephalus Menezes [N. A.] 2006:394, Fig. 11 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 4 (no. 4); ref. 28897] Nova Xavamtina, rio das Mortes, rio Araguaia basin, 14°40'09"S, 52°21'12"W, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 28718. Paratypes: MNRJ 24997 (1); MZUSP 10422, 62846 (1). Plus non-type specimens. •Valid as Acestrocephalus stigmatus Menezes 2006. Current status: Valid as Acestrocephalus stigmatus Menezes 2006. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.