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Species in the genus Cynodon: [ 3 ] records

gibbus, Rhaphiodon Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829:77, Pl. 27 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Lago Manacapuru, Amazonas State, Brazil. Neotype: MZUSP 6539. As Cynodon gibbus on plate; first reviser not researched. Neotype designated by Toledo-Piza 2000:63 [ref. 24268]. Case 3041 [ref. 24268] before the ICZN was settled in Opinion 2012 [ref. 31354], and gibbus was placed on the Official List with authorship as Spix & Agassiz •Valid as Rhaphiodon gibbus Spix & Agassiz 1829 -- (Taphorn 1992:436 [ref. 23654]). •See Planquette et al. 1996:212 [ref. 22818]. •Valid as Cynodon gibbus (Spix & Agassiz 1829) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:27 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Géry et al. 1999:71 [ref. 24114], Toledo-Piza 2000:57 [ref. 24268], ICZN 2002:224 [ref. 31354], Toledo-Piza in Reis et al. 2003:234 [ref. 27061] with original genus as Cynodon, Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:66, 186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:114 [ref. 38133], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:27 [ref. 42137], Koerber et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:23 [ref. 41297], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Vieira et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40759], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41573]). Current status: Valid as Cynodon gibbus (Spix & Agassiz 1829). Cynodontidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins, and coastal rivers of Guyana and northern Brazil (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

meionactis, Cynodon Géry [J.], Le Bail [P.-Y.] & Keith [P.] 1999:70, Fig. 1 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 25 (no. 3/4) [for 1998]; ref. 24114] Antecume Pata, Upper Maroni above Maripasoula, French Guiana. Holotype: MNHN 1998-0397. Paratypes: MHNG 2594-14 (1), MNHN 1998-0398 (1), 1998-0400 (1), 1998-0401 (1). •Valid as Cynodon meionactis Géry, Le Bail & Keith 1999 -- (Toledo-Piza 2000:57 [ref. 24268], Keith et al. 2000:13 [ref. 24547], Toledo-Piza in Reis et al. 2003:234 [ref. 27061], Toledo-Piza 2024:331 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Cynodon meionactis Géry, Le Bail & Keith 1999. Cynodontidae. Distribution: South America: coastal rivers in French Guiana and Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.

septenarius, Cynodon Toledo-Piza [M.] 2000:65, Fig. 24 [American Museum Novitates No. 3286; ref. 24268] Rio Tefé, supiã-Pacu, between 3°40" and 4°20'S, 65°50' and 65°10'W, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 32590. Paratypes: CAS 204164 (1), INPA 14531 (2), MCP 21735 (2), MNRJ 18171 (2), MZUSP 53306 (9), USNM 352434 (2). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Cynodon septenarius Toledo-Piza 2000 -- (Toledo-Piza in Reis et al. 2003:234 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633], Taphorn et al. 2022:23 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Cynodon septenarius Toledo-Piza 2000. Cynodontidae. Distribution: South America: upper Orinoco River basins and rivers of Guyana (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.