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Species in the genus Makunaima: [ 5 ] records

guaporensis, Astyanax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1911:176, Pl. 7 (fig. 4) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 8 (no. 1) (art. 3); ref. 1226] Rio Guaporé at Maciel, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 54709 [ex CM 3351]. Paratypes: CAS 68729 [ex IU 13268 and CM 3352] (1), FMNH 54710 [ex CM 3352] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:60 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:12 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Astyanax guaporensis Eigenmann 1911 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:109 [ref. 27061], Marinho & Birindelli 2013:46 [ref. 32569], Marinho & Ohara 2013:476 [ref. 32713], Ingenito & Duboc 2014:282 [ref. 33374], Sarmiento et al. 2014:183 [ref. 35004], Marinho et al. 2015:576 [ref. 33708]). •Valid as Makunaima guaporensis (Eigenmann 1911) -- (Terán et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37440]). Current status: Valid as Makunaima guaporensis (Eigenmann 1911). Acestrorhamphidae: Megalamphodinae. Distribution: South America: Rio Madeira drainage, western Amazon basin, Brazil and Bolivia. Habitat: freshwater.

guianensis, Astyanax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:16 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 1222] Warraputa, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53518 [ex CM 1013] [?51518]. Paratypes: (214, CM and IU) ANSP 39093 (1); BMNH 1911.10.31.314-318 and 319-320 (5 + 2); CAS 39208 [ex IU 11717 (26)/CAS-SU 21945 (6)] (32), 39209-11 [ex IU 11718-20] (1, 1, 10); FMNH 7452-53 (6, 2), 52682-83 (10, 1), 52862 (26); MCZ 29960-61 (xxx); NMW 58824 (4), 62783 (1); CAS-SU 21957 (2); USNM 66105-06 (5, 1), 120394 (2); ZMA 101028 (1), 101035 (3). Type catalog: Henn 1928:60 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:22 [ref. 12291], Nijssen et al. 1982:14 [ref. 19236], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:12 [ref. 12367], Böhlke 1984:47 [ref. 13621], Vari & Howe 1991:6 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Astyanax guianensis Eigenmann 1909 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:109 [ref. 27061], Garutti & Venere 2009:378 [ref. 30493], Marinho & Birindelli 2013:46 [ref. 32569], Marinho & Ohara 2013:476 [ref. 32713], Marinho et al. 2015:569 [ref. 33708], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35633]). •Valid as Makunaima guianensis (Eigenmann 1909) -- (Terán et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37440], Taphorn et al. 2022:17 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Makunaima guianensis (Eigenmann 1909). Acestrorhamphidae: Megalamphodinae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo, Orinoco and Amazon River basins (Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia). Habitat: freshwater.

haerteli, Opisthanodus Ahl [E.] in Schreitmüller 1935:97, Abb. 1 [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 32 (no. 7); ref. 21413] Amazon River at Pará, Brazil [aquarium import]; in error, probably northern Venezuela. Lectotype: ZMB 20793. Paralectotype: ZMB 32428 (1). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:92 [ref. 21847], Zarske & Géry 1995:116, Fig. 11 [ref. 22674]. Described later by Ahl 1935:47 [ref. 79]. Also appeared as new in Ahl in Anonymous 1936:91 [ref. 35697]. Lectotype selected by Zarske & Géry 1995:116 [ref. 22674]. If the synonymy is correct, then the genus Opisthanodus Ahl 1935 is a senior synonym of Makunaima Terán, Benitez & Mirande 2020. •Synonym of Moenkhausia pittieri Eigenmann 1920 -- (Zarske & Géry 1995:119 [ref. 22674], Benine in Reis et al. 2003:149 [ref. 27061], Marinho & Benine 2024:234 [ref. 40817], Lima et al. 2025:57 [ref. 41921]). •Synonym of Makunaima pittieri (Eigenmann 1920). Current status: Synonym of Makunaima pittieri (Eigenmann 1920). Acestrorhamphidae: Stichonodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

multidens, Astyanax Eigenmann [C. H.] 1908:98 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 52 (no. 6); ref. 1221] Obidos; Silva, Lake Saraca, Amazonas, Brazil. Syntypes: USNM 120244 [ex MCZ 21064A] (6) Obidos; MCZ 21064 (1), 89559 (29). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:7 [ref. 19022]. Not in "Astyanax clade" according to Marinho & Birindelli 2013:52 [ref. 32569]. •Valid as Astyanax multidens Eigenmann 1908 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:111 [ref. 27061], Marinho & Birindelli 2013:46 [ref. 32569], Marinho et al. 2015:576 [ref. 33708]). •Valid as Makunaima multidens (Eigenmann 1908) -- (Terán et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37440], Koerber et al. 2022:38 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Makunaima multidens (Eigenmann 1908). Acestrorhamphidae: Megalamphodinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

pittieri, Moenkhausia Eigenmann [C. H.] 1920:10, Pl. 3 [Indiana University Studies v. 7 (no. 44); ref. 11120] Concejo, Río Tiquirito, Venezuela. Holotype: CAS 62059 [ex IU 15136]. Paratypes: CAS 62060 [ex IU 15136] (27), 70732 [ex IU 15137] (1). •Valid as Moenkhausia pittieri Eigenmann 1920 -- (Weitzman & Palmer 1997:238 [ref. 22743], Lima & Gerhard 2001:112 [ref. 25355], Benine in Reis et al. 2003:149 [ref. 27061], Bertaco et al. 2011:60 [ref. 31234], Marinho 2017:1 [ref. 35491], Marinho 2022:[3] [ref. 39339], Marinho & Benine 2024:234 [ref. 40817], Lima et al. 2025:57 [ref. 41921]). •Valid as Makunaima pittieri (Eigenmann 1920) -- (Melo et al. 2024:21 [ref. 41541] in Megalamphodinae). Current status: Valid as Makunaima pittieri (Eigenmann 1920). Acestrorhamphidae: Megalamphodinae. Distribution: South America: Lake Valencia basin, northern Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.