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Species in the genus Gasteropelecus: [ 10 ] records

argenteus, Gasteropelecus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:476, 477 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Suriname; Carolinas, U.S.A. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

brevis, Thoracocharax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:25 [Indiana University Studies No. 16 [sic No. 8]; ref. 1228] Boca de Raspadura, Colombia. Holotype (unique): FMNH 56055 [ex CM 4845]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:69 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:83 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879 -- (Weitzman 1960:224 [ref. 9611], Galvis et al. 1997:38 [ref. 23651], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879. Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

coronatus, Gasteropelecus Allen [W. R.] in Eigenmann & Allen 1942:267, Pl. 14 (fig. 4) [Fishes of western South America; ref. 1246] Brook, Río Itaya near Iquitos, Amazon system, Peru. Holotype: CAS 20671. Paratypes: (5) CAS 20672 (4). •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

gasteropelecus, Salmo Pallas [P. S.] 1770:50 [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Suriname. No types known. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

levis, Pterodiscus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:12 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 1222] Belém do Pará, Brazil. Holotype: USNM 34454. Paratypes: CAS 20677 [ex IU 11479] (1), USNM 306564 [ex USNM 34454] (2). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:36 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Gasteropelecus levis (Eigenmann 1909) -- (Weitzman 1960:225 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061], Chuctaya et al. 2022:28 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Gasteropelecus levis (Eigenmann 1909). Gasteropelecidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Peru). IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

maculatus, Gasteropelecus Steindachner [F.] 1879:151 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 15) (for 19 June 1879); ref. 20478] Mamoni River near Chepo, Panama. Syntypes: (several) NMW. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:168 [p. 20 in separate], Pl. 1 (fig. 4) [ref. 18782]. •Valid as Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879 -- (Weitzman 1960:224 [ref. 9611], Galvis et al. 1997:38 [ref. 23651], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:106 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:115 [ref. 34894], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879. Gasteropelecidae. Distribution: Colombia, Panama and Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.

magdalenae, Thoracocharax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:25 [Indiana University Studies No. 16 [sic No. 8]; ref. 1228] Girardot, Río Magdalena, Colombia. Holotype: FMNH 56056 [ex CM 4846]. Paratypes: CAS 20682 [ex IU 12700] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:69 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:83 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879 -- (Weitzman 1960:224 [ref. 9611], Galvis et al. 1997:38 [ref. 23651], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus maculatus Steindachner 1879. Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

marowini, Gasteropelecus sternicla Hoedeman [J. J.] 1952:10 [Beaufortia v. 1 (no. 20); ref. 12774] Marowini basin, Suriname. Holotype: RMNH 19339. Paratypes: RMNH 19513 (24). •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:224 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

morae, Gasteropelecus sternicla Hoedeman [J. J.] 1952:11 [Beaufortia v. 1 (no. 20); ref. 12774] Mora Passage, Guyana. Holotype (unique): ZMA 100341. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:18 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

sternicla, Clupea Linnaeus [C.] 1758:319 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Suriname. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.211 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:209, Pl. 29 (fig. 3) [ref. 13434]. •Valid as Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:222 [ref. 9611], Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Planquette et al. 1996:186 [ref. 22818], Lasso et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25928], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061], Phillip et al. 2013:15 [ref. 32896], Barriga Salazar 2014:106 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:75, 186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35633], Guimarães et al. 2017:73 [ref. 36427], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Chuctaya et al. 2022:28 [ref. 42137], Koerber et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:24 [ref. 41297], Vieira et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40759], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41573]). Current status: Valid as Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin and coastal rivers of northern Brazil (Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana and northern Brazil). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.