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Species in the genus Compsura: [ 3 ] records

gorgonae, Cheirodon Evermann [B. W.] & Goldsborough [E. L.] 1909:99, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 22; ref. 14372] Small pool below the spillway of the reservoir dam at Gorgona, Panama Canal Zone. Holotype: USNM 64094. Paratypes: (11) ? BMNH 1909.2.25.50 (1), FMNH (1, missing), IU (1, not at CAS), CAS-SU (1, missing), USNM 64095 (4), USNM 127086 [ex USBF 1706/5421] (3). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:14 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Cheirodon gorgonae Evermann & Goldsborough 1909 -- (Fink & Weitzman 1974:14 [ref. 7132]). •Valid as Compsura gorgonae (Evermann & Goldsborough 1909) -- (Bussing 1998:104 [ref. 24179], Malabarba & Weitzman 1999:427 [ref. 24417], Malabarba & Weitzman 2000:280 [ref. 24413], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Jerep et al. 2024:132 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Compsura gorgonae (Evermann & Goldsborough 1909). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: Central America: Pacific and Atlantic versant rivers of Panama. Habitat: freshwater.

heterura, Compsura Eigenmann [C. H.] 1915:61, Fig. 19; Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 1231] Rio Itapicurú at Queimadas, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 57825 [ex CM 6808]. Paratypes: (13) FMNH 57826 (10), UMMZ [ex FMNH 57826] (1), CAS-SU 17513 [ex FMNH 57826, ex CM 6809] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:58 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:23 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:27 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Compsura heterura Eigenmann 1915 -- (Malabarba & Weitzman 1999:416 [ref. 24417], Malabarba & Weitzman 2000:280 [ref. 24413], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:217 [ref. 27061], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Costa et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35684], Silva et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37809], Koerber et al. 2022:41 [ref. 39235], Jerep et al. 2024:132 [ref. 40817], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:36 [ref. 41258]). Current status: Valid as Compsura heterura Eigenmann 1915. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco and Parnaíba River basins and Atlantic versant rivers (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

megalepis, Bryconamericus Fowler [H. W.] 1941:188, Fig. 98 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1437] Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Holotype: ANSP 69602. Paratypes: ANSP 69603-05 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:51 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Bryconamericus megalepis Fowler 1941 -- (Silva in Reis et al. 2003:117 [ref. 27061], Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893] genus uncertain). •Synonym of Compsura heterura Eigenmann 1915 -- (Jerep et al. 2024:132 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Compsura heterura Eigenmann 1915. Acestrorhamphidae: Rhoadsiinae. Habitat: freshwater.