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Species in the genus Charax: [ 22 ] records

apurensis, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1987:30, Fig. 2 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRGS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul) No. 40; ref. 17724] Río Canito, San Fernando a Cunaviche, Estado Apure, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V-15400. Paratypes: MCP 10119 (11); USNM 233691 (1), 260317 (17). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:13 [ref. 19022], Provenzano et al. 1998:5 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Charax apurensis Lucena 1987 -- (Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:197 [ref. 33369], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Charax apurensis Lucena 1987. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: tributaries of Río Orinoco (Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

awa, Charax Guimarães [E. C.], Brito [P. S. de], Ferreira [B. R. A.] & Ottoni [F. P.] 2018:84, Figs. 1, 2, 5 [Zoosystematics and Evolution v. 94 (no. 1); ref. 35775] Igarapé Mineirão, Alto Alegre do Pindaré municipality, Rio Mearim basin, Maranhão State, Brazil, 3°42'26"S, 45°56'05"W. Holotype: CICCAA 00752. Paratypes: CICCAA, CPUFMA, UFRJ. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Charax awa Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira & Ottoni 2018 -- (Koerber et al. 2022:39 [ref. 39235], Vieira et al. 2023:17 [ref. 40759], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41573]). Current status: Valid as Charax awa Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira & Ottoni 2018. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Rio Mearim, Rio Munim and Rio Turiaçu basins (Maranhão, Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

caudimaculatus, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1987:32, Fig. 3 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRGS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul) No. 40; ref. 17724] Laguna Cocococha, Reserva National de Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru. Holotype: MUSM 5081 [now MHNJP] [ex USNM 280291]. Paratypes: MCP 10115 (11, 2 c&s), USNM 263877 (17). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:13 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Charax caudimaculatus Lucena 1987 -- (Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Chang & Ortega 1995:2 [ref. 24302], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Menezes & Lucena 2014:199 [ref. 33369], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Guimarães et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35775], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:19 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Charax caudimaculatus Lucena 1987. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Madeira River basin (Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

condei, Asiphonichthys Géry [J.] & Knöppel [H.-A.] 1976:48, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 7335] Rio Tarumazinho, tributary of the lower Rio Négro above Manaus, Brazil. Holotype: MHNG 2229.05 [ex Géry Coll. 728]. Paratypes: 252 (3 c&s) Inst. Limnologie, Plön, Germany; INPA, Brazil; Géry Coll.; R. Geisler Coll. (9); MNHN 1980-1423 (2). Type catalog: Weber 1998:6 [ref. 32707]. •Valid as Charax condei (Géry & Knöppel 1976) -- (Lucena 1987:34 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:200 [ref. 33369], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Charax condei (Géry & Knöppel 1976). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Amazon and Orinoco river basins: Brazil and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

copei, Hydrolycus Gill [T. N.] 1870:93 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 22; ref. 17630] Río Marañon or Río Napo, Amazon system, Peru or Ecuador. Syntypes: USNM 55664 (orig. 4, now 3). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:26 [ref. 19022]. •Synonym of Charax tectifer (Cope 1870)-- (Toledo-Piza et al. 1999:256 [ref. 24227], Menezes & Lucena 2014:223 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax tectifer (Cope 1870). Characidae: Characinae. Habitat: freshwater.

delimai, Charax Menezes [N. A.] & Lucena [C. A. S. de] 2014:202, Fig. 10 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 33369] Amazonas, community of São Pedro, rio Tiquié, rio Negro drainage, 0°16’04"N, 69°58’21"W, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 81505. Paratypes: MZUSP 64359 (1), 81325 (1). 84988 (1), •Valid as Charax delimai Menezes & Lucena 2014 -- (Silvano et al. 2020:77 [ref. 38133]). Current status: Valid as Charax delimai Menezes & Lucena 2014. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Rio Tiquié, Rio Negro basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

gibbosus, Cynopotamus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:321, Pl. 645 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Mana River; Essequibo River; Amazon. Syntypes: MNHN A-9843 (2) Mana R., A-9844 (5) Essequibo. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:24 [ref. 19577]. •Synonym of Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:204 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus 1758). Characidae: Characinae. Habitat: freshwater.

gibbosus, Salmo Linnaeus [C.] 1758:311 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Suriname. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1853.11.12.35 (left halfskin). Type information: Wheeler 1989:208, Fig. 1A [ref. 21873]. •Valid as Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Lucena 1987:36 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Taphorn 1992:152 [ref. 23654], Chang & Ortega 1995:6 [ref. 24302], Lasso et al. 2001:95 [ref. 25928], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menni 2004:74 [ref. 28131], Menezes & Lucena 2014:204 [ref. 33369], Sarmiento et al. 2014:45, 184 [ref. 35004], Nión et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35565], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[7] [ref. 35679], Careaga et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37774], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:19 [ref. 42137], Taphorn et al. 2022:13 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus 1758). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo River basins and coastal rivers (Suriname, Guyana, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Uruguay). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

hemigrammus, Asiphonichthys Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:403, Pl. 60 (fig. 4) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Gluck Island, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53665 [ex CM 2137]. Additional original material: CAS 38954 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:69 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:11 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Charax hemigrammus (Eigenmann 1912) -- (Lucena 1987:39 [ref. 17724], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:206 [ref. 33369], Taphorn et al. 2022:14 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Charax hemigrammus (Eigenmann 1912). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Essequibo River basins (Brazil and Guyana). Habitat: freshwater.

leticiae, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1987:40, Fig. 7 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRGS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul) No. 40; ref. 17724] Near Posto de Trocará, igarapé Urubu, Rio Tocantins, Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 28660. Paratypes: MCP [ex MZUSP 20633] (1); MZUSP 20331 (5), 20633 (orig. 14, now 13). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:454-455 [ref. 23140]. Original not seen. •Valid as Charax leticiae Lucena 1987 -- (Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Britski et al. 1999:55 [ref. 24147], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:17 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:84 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:74 [ref. 28131], Menezes & Lucena 2014:207 [ref. 33369], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:18 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Koerber et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35267], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[7] [ref. 35679], Guimarães et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35775], Koerber et al. 2022:39 [ref. 39235], Loureiro et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Charax leticiae Lucena 1987. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Tocantins and upper Paraguay River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay). Habitat: freshwater.

macrolepis, Epicyrtus Kner [R.] 1858:167 [7] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 32 (no. 22); ref. 18871] Guaporé River, Brazil [original localities: Guaporé River, Cuiaba, Caicara, Marabitanos, Suriname]. Lectotype: NMW 62668-6 (78 mm). Paralectotypes: NMW 62653 (1), 62655 (2), 62658 (1), 62666 (3), 62668-1 and 4 (2), 162669-70 (5, 1), 78525 (1). Also appeared in Kner 1860:47 [p. 39 of separate], pl. 6 (fig. 13) [ref. 7130]. Lectotype selected by Lucena 1987:42 [ref. 17724]. •Valid as Charax macrolepis (Kner 1858) -- (Lucena 1987:42 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:209 [ref. 33369], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004]). Current status: Valid as Charax macrolepis (Kner 1858). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: Guaporé River basin and rio Madeira, Amazonas, Brazil and Bolivia. Habitat: freshwater.

metae, Charax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1922:238, Pl. 25 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 1243] Barrigón, Río Meta, Orinoco System, Colombia. Holotype: CAS 41300 [ex IU 15027]. Paratypes: FMNH 55145 (10); CAS 69117 [ex IU 15027] (30 or 34, now 16); CAS-SU 60707 [ex IU 15028] (8); UMMZ 160226 (1); USNM 83631 [ex IU 15027] (4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:22 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:13 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Charax metae Eigenmann 1922 -- (Lucena 1987:44 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:211 [ref. 33369], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Moreno-Burbano et al. 2025:13 [ref. 42549]). Current status: Valid as Charax metae Eigenmann 1922. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Meta River basin (Colombia) endemic. IUCN (2021): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

michaeli, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1989:98, Fig. 2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 4) [for 1988]; ref. 12852] Rio Branco (in front of Ile de Maraca), Igarapé do Cujobim, Roraima, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 37276. Paratypes: MCP 11254 (4); MZUSP 33417 (20), 33420 (5), 33425 (6). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:455 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Charax michaeli Lucena 1989 -- (Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745] as cf. michaeli, Menezes & Lucena 2014:212 [ref. 33369], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:19 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Charax michaeli Lucena 1989. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia, ?Ecuador and Peru). IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

microlepis, Epicyrtus Kner [R.] 1858:167 [7] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 32 (no. 22); ref. 18871] Brazil. No types known. Also appeared in Kner 1860:47 [p. 9 in separate], Pl. 6 (fig. 13) [ref. 7130]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Epicyrtus microlepis Reinhardt 1851. •Unavailable name -- (Toledo-Piza et al. 2024:443 [ref. 40817]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Charax. Characidae: Characinae. Habitat: freshwater.

niger, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1989:99, Fig. 3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 4) [for 1988]; ref. 12852] Rio Amapá (canal do rio), Cachoeira Grande, Amapá, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 33422. Paratypes: MCP 11255 (5); MZUSP 33421 (1), 33424 (7), 33427 (6), 38303 (6), 33430 (3), 33431 (6?). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:455 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Charax niger Lucena 1989 -- (Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:215 [ref. 33369], Melo et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34701], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Charax niger Lucena 1989. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

notulatus, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1987:46, Fig. 10 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRGS (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul) No. 40; ref. 17724] Small caño near mouth of Caño Soroco, Río Orinoco, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V-15000. Paratypes: MZUSP 28659 (1); USNM 233197 (1), 233624 (17), 260302 (1), 260305 (1), 270254 (3). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:13-14 [ref. 19022], Oyakawa 1996:456 [ref. 23140], Provenzano et al. 1998:5 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Charax notulatus Lucena 1987 -- (Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:217 [ref. 33369], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Guimarães et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35775], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Charax notulatus Lucena 1987. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Venezuela and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.

pauciradiatus, Anacyrtus Günther [A.] 1864:346 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Rio Capin [= Capim], Pará State, Brazil. Syntypes: BMNH 1849.11.8.47 (1), 1849.11.8.51 (1). •Valid as Charax pauciradiatus (Günther 1864) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Lucena 1987:48 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Géry et al. 1991:41 [ref. 21021], Chang & Ortega 1995:7 [ref. 24302], Planquette et al. 1996:214 [ref. 22818], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:218 [ref. 33369], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Guimarães et al. 2018:91 [ref. 35775], Koerber et al. 2022:39 [ref. 39235], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507] as aff. pauciradiatus). Current status: Valid as Charax pauciradiatus (Günther 1864). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: lower Amazon River basin (Brazil and Bolivia). Habitat: freshwater.

rupununi, Charax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:402 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Rupununi River, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53663 [ex CM 2135]. Paratypes: (4) CAS 41301 [ex IU 12314, not IU 12814] (1), FMNH 53664 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:70 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:22 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Charax rupununi Eigenmann 1912 -- (Lucena 1987:50 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & de Lucena 2014 221 [ref. 33369], Taphorn et al. 2022:14 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Charax rupununi Eigenmann 1912. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Jacaré Lake, Essequibo and Trombetas River basins (Brazil and Guyana). Habitat: freshwater.

sanguineus, Anacyrtus Cope [E. D.] 1872:266, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 8176. Paralectotypes: ANSP 8177-86 (10). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:53 [ref. 13621] as holotype and paratypes. Lectotype selected by Fowler 1907:453 [ref. 1374]. •Synonym of Charax tectifer (Cope 1870) -- (Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:224 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax tectifer (Cope 1870). Characidae: Characinae. Habitat: freshwater.

stenopterus, Asiphonichthys Cope [E. D.] 1894:67 [American Naturalist v. 28 (no. 325); ref. 966] Upper Rio Jacuhy, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): ANSP 21559. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:54 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Charax stenopterus (Cope 1894) -- (Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Malabarba 1989:132 [ref. 14217], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:17 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:83 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:74 [ref. 28131], Mirande 2010:494 [ref. 31006], Menezes & Lucena 2014:222 [ref. 33369], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:18 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Petry et al. 2016:301 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35565], Koerber et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35267], dos Reis et al. 2020:457 [ref. 38364], Giora & Wingert 2023:128 [ref. 41026], Loureiro et al. 2023:54 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Charax stenopterus (Cope 1894). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Paraguay and Uruguay River basins and eastern rivers of Rio do Sul State and Uruguay (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.

tectifer, Anacyrtus Cope [E. D.] 1870:565 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 11; ref. 914] Pebas, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 8175. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:55 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Moralesia tectifera (Cope 1870) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:29 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708]). •Valid as Charax tectifer (Cope 1870) -- (Lucena 1987:60 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989:104 [ref. 12852], Chang & Ortega 1995:5 [ref. 24302], Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Menezes & Lucena 2014:223 [ref. 33369], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:19 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Charax tectifer (Cope 1870). Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Ecuador, Colombia and Peru). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

unimaculatus, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1989:101, Fig. 4 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 4) [for 1988]; ref. 12852] Lago Manacapuru, Amazonia, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 6534. Paratypes: MCP 11253 (3); MZUSP 6459 (4), 6673 (12, now 11), 6878 (8), 19779 (5), 37277 (1). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:456 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Charax unimaculatus Lucena 1989 -- (Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:202 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Charax michaeli Lucena 1989 -- (Menezes & Lucena 2014:212 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax michaeli Lucena 1989. Characidae: Characinae. Habitat: freshwater.