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Species in the genus Holopristis: [ 9 ] records


aguaruna, Hemigrammus Lima [F. C. T.], Correa [V.] & Ota [R. P.] 2016:125, Figs. 1-4 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 22 (no. 3); ref. 34590] Quebrada Uchpayacu, tributary of Río Morona, Morona, Loreto, Peru, 3°02'38.9"S, 77°22'44.0"W. Holotype: MUSM 54691. Paratypes: ANSP, INPA, MUSM, ZUEC. •Valid as Hemigrammus aguaruna Lima, Correa & Ota 2016 -- (DoNascimiento et al. 2017:48 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39298]). •Valid as Holopristis aguaruna (Lima, Correa & Ota 2016) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis aguaruna (Lima, Correa & Ota 2016). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Peru and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.

falsus, Hemigrammus ocellifer Meinken [H.] 1958:232 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 11 (no. 8); ref. 21338] Amazon [aquarium import]. Holotype (unique): ZMH H1183. Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:156 [ref. 22013]. Also described as new in Meinken 1959:305 [ref. 12010]. •Questionably a synonym of Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner 1882) -- (Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:133 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner 1882) -- (Frankel 2002:285 [ref. 30814]). •Valid as Hemigrammus falsus Meinken 1958 -- (Zarske 2015:10 [ref. 33782], Lima et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34590], Lima & Marinho 2024:174 [ref. 40817]). •Valid as Holopristis falsa (Meinken 1958) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis falsa (Meinken 1958). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.

guyanensis, Hemigrammus Géry [J.] 1959:254, Fig. 3 [Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon v. 28 (no. 8); ref. 10038] Sable creek, tributary to upper Mana, French Guiana. Holotype: MHNG 2181.23 [ex Géry coll. T 18-1-19]. Paratypes: (23 + 56 + 14) ANSP 94718 (4), 112219 (4), 139701 (3); MNHN 1980-1436 (3); SMF 5378-79 (2); USNM 179756 (8); ZMA 100630 (2), 113854 (2); ZSM 26750 [ex Géry coll., ex MHNG 2181.24] (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:19 [ref. 19236], Böhlke 1984:47 [ref. 13621], Weber 1998:7 [ref. 32707], Neumann 2011:246 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Hemigrammus guyanensis Géry 1959 -- (Géry et al. 1991:59 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:276 [ref. 22818], Zarske & Géry 2002:26 [ref. 26553], Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:131 [ref. 27061], Zarske et al. 2006:23 [ref. 28749], Carvalho et al. 2010:253 [ref. 30862], Lima et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34590], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[8] [ref. 35679], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507]). •Valid as Holopristis guyanensis (Géry 1959) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis guyanensis (Géry 1959). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: French Guiana and Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.

haraldi, Hemigrammus pulcher Géry [J.] 1961:44, Fig. 2 [Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 9353] Lake between Paraná-Pará and Paraná-Comatia, upper Rio Solimões, Brazil. Holotype: USNM 196672. Paratypes: (5) ANSP 112214 (1); SMF 5382 (1), 7207 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:47 [ref. 13621], Vari & Howe 1991:25 [ref. 19022]. Also appeared as new in Anonymous 1962:154 [ref. 31370]. •Valid as Hemigrammus haraldi Géry 1961 -- (Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:131-132 [ref. 27061], Lima et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34590], Chuctaya et al. 2022:21 [ref. 42137]). •Valid as Holopristis haraldi (Géry 1961) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis haraldi (Géry 1961). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (western Brazil and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

luelingi, Hemigrammus Géry [J.] 1964:7, Fig. 5 [Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 1580] Small creek connecting "Zapote Cocha" and "Caño Yarina", on edge of Río Pacaya, tributary of lower Río Ucayali, Peru. Holotype: ZFMK 1304. Paratypes: MHNG 2150.14-15 (2), ZFMK 1305 (1). Type catalog: Busse 1984:218 [ref. 28342], Herder et al. 2010:116 [ref. 31087]. •Valid as Hemigrammus luelingi Géry 1964 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Zarske & Géry 2002:26 [ref. 26553], Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:132 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:107 [ref. 35745], Lima et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34590], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:48 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:21 [ref. 42137], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2024:137 [ref. 42338]). •Valid as Holopristis luelingi (Géry 1964) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis luelingi (Géry 1964). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Peru, Ecuador and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.

neptunus, Hemigrammus Zarske [A.] & Géry [J.] 2002:25, Figs. 3-4 [Zoologische Abhandlungen; Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden No. 52; ref. 26553] Río Manuripi, not far from its junction with Río Tahuamanu, between Alméndrillo, 11°11'687"S, 67°34'269"W, and Bolima, 11°16'890"S, 67°36'246"W, Dep. Pando, Bolivia. Holotype: MTD F 25536. Paratypes: CIRA-UTB 972 a-e (5); MTD F 25537-25546 (10); Géry private coll. 1047:1-5 (5); NMW 94641-44 (4). •Valid as Hemigrammus neptunus Zarske & Géry 2002 -- (Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:133 [ref. 27061], Zarske et al. 2006:24 [ref. 28749], Sarmiento et al. 2014:46, 184 [ref. 35004], Lima et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34590], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39298]). •Valid as Holopristis neptunus (Zarske & Géry 2002) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis neptunus (Zarske & Géry 2002). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Bolivia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

ocellifer, Tetragonopterus Steindachner [F.] 1882:179 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 19 (no. 19); ref. 20487] Villa Bella and Cudajas, Amazon River, Brazil [Parintins and Codajás, Amazones, Brazil]. Syntypes: (several) ?MCZ 20969 (5) Lago Cudajas; MSNM 4 [ex MSNM 4659 and ex NMW] (1) Cudajas; NMW 57689 (6); ZSM 5864 (1). Type catalog: Conci & Michelangeli 1974:222 [ref. 21560], Neumann 2011:247 [ref. 31652]. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1882:32, Pl. 7 (fig. 5) [ref. 14353]. •Valid as Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner 1882) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Géry et al. 1991:59 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:278 [ref. 22818], Britski et al. 1999:40 [ref. 24147], Fuller et al. 1999:183 [ref. 25838], Helmdach 2001:13 [ref. 25830], Lasso et al. 2001:95 [ref. 25928], Zarske & Géry 2002:30 [ref. 26553], Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:133 [ref. 27061], Frankel 2002:285 [ref. 30184], Barriga Salazar 2014:107 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Zarske 2015:12 [ref. 33782], Lima et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34590], Melo et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34701], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:49 [ref. 35633], Careaga et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37774] as gr. ocellifer, Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:21 [ref. 42137], Koerber et al. 2022:33 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:15 [ref. 41297], Lima & Marinho 2024:178 [ref. 40817]). •Valid as Holopristis ocellifera (Steindachner 1882) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis ocellifera (Steindachner 1882). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

pulcher, Hemigrammus Ladiges [W.] 1938:49 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 124 (nos 3-4); ref. 17153] Between Tabatinga and Iquetos, Upper Amazonm Loreto State, Peru. Lectotype: ZMH H61 [ex 17757, in part]. Paralectotypes: ZMH H181 [ex 17757] (3). Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:157 [ref. 19181], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:401 [ref. 21161]. Lectotype selected by Ladiges et al. 1958:157 [ref. 19181]. •Valid as Hemigrammus pulcher Ladiges 1938 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:133 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:107 [ref. 35745], Lima et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34590], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:49 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:21 [ref. 42137]). •Valid as Holopristis pulchra (Ladiges 1938) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis pulchra (Ladiges 1938). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Peru, Ecuador and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.

yinyang, Hemigrammus Lima [F. C. T.] & Sousa [L. M. de] 2009:156, Figs. 1-3 [aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 15 (no. 3); ref. 30278] Igarapé Castanha, near Sítio São Pedro, 0°11'N, 69°35'W, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 99300. Paratypes; many at ANSP, INPA, MCP, MZUSP. •Valid as Hemigrammus yinyang Lima & Sousa 2009 -- (Carvalho et al. 2010:253 [ref. 30862], Lima et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34590], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:49 [ref. 35633]). •Valid as Holopristis yinyang (Lima & Sousa 2009) -- (Melo et al. 2024:28 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Holopristis yinyang (Lima & Sousa 2009). Acestrorhamphidae: Thayeriinae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon River basin, Brazil and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.


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