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Species in the genus Melanocharacidium: [ 9 ] records

auroradiatum, Melanocharacidium Costa [W. J. E. M.] & Vicente [E. O.] 1994:68, Fig. 1 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 20 (no. 3) [for 1993]; ref. 21307] Small tributary of Rio Verde, 1 kilometer south of São Miguel do Araguaia, Rio Araguaia basin, Goiás, Brazil, 13°22'S, 50°15'W. Holotype: MNRJ 12444. Paratypes: MNRJ 12445 (2); MZUSP 45769 (2); UFRJ 1568 (2), 1569 (3, c&s). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:478 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Melanocharacidium auroradiatum Costa & Vicente 1994 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium auroradiatum Costa & Vicente 1994. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: Araguaia River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

blennioides, Characidium Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:37 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 1222] Erukin River, tributary of Potaro River above Kangaruma, Mazaruni-Potaro District, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 71043 [Cex M 1144]. Paratypes: (39, CM and IU) BMNH 1911.10.31.165 (1), CAS 40923-27 [ex IU 40923-27] (2, 1, 2, 2, 4); CAS-SU 21911 (1); USNM 66129 (1); FMNH 7313 (1), 52757-59 (1, 4, 4), 69688 (1), 72629-31 (2, 1, 2), 75958 (3); MCZ 29932 (1); NMW 62674 (1); ZMA 100988 (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:55 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:22 [ref. 12291], Nijssen et al. 1982:16 [ref. 19236], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:22 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:11 [ref. 19022]. •See Planquette et al. 1996:348 [ref. 22818]. •Valid as Melanocharacidium blennioides (Eigenmann 1909) -- (Buckup 1993:113 [ref. 20831], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], Melo et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34701] as cf. blennioides, Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Taphorn et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium blennioides (Eigenmann 1909). Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo River basin, coastal streams of northern South America (Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, French Guiana and Venezuela; ?Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

compressus, Melanocharacidium Buckup [P. A.] 1993:114, Fig. 5 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 20831] Backwater of Río Orinoco, 3°04'N, 66°28'W, about 1/2 hour upstream from Isla Temblador, Amazonas, Venezuela. Holotype: ANSP 161666. Paratypes: ANSP 159790 (14, 2 c&s), 159796 (1). Once named compressus in original description, a typographical error. •Valid as Melanocharacidium compressum Buckup 1993 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061] as compressus, Buckup 2024:307 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium compressum Buckup 1993. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: upper Orinoco River basin, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

depressum, Melanocharacidium Buckup [P. A.] 1993:117, Fig. 7 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 20831] Rio Uatuma, about 2°10'S, 59°30'W, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: INPA 1738. Paratypes: INPA 1734 (4, 1 c&s), MZUSP 43667 (2). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:478 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Melanocharacidium depressum Buckup 1993 -- (Buckup 1993:329 [ref. 26741], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35679], Taphorn et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium depressum Buckup 1993. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: Uatumã, Negro, and upper Orinoco River basins (Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

dispilomma, Melanocharacidium Buckup [P. A.] 1993:120, Fig. 8 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 20831] Cachoeira Morena, about 2°10'S, 59°30'W, Rio Uatuma, Estado do amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: INPA 6628. Paratypes: CAS (1 lot, 1); INPA (10 lots, 49); MNRJ (1 lot, 55); MZUSP 20185 (1), 43662-63 (1, 1), 43666 (3), 43673 (1); UMMZ (2 lots, 4); USNM 179517 (1), 283093 (1), 322080 (3, 2 c&s). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:479 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Melanocharacidium dispilomma Buckup 1993 -- (Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Planquette et al. 1996:350 [ref. 22818], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], Melo et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34701], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35633], Brosse et al. 2019:134 [ref. 38320], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Chuctaya et al. 2022:25 [ref. 42137], Taphorn et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41297], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760], Buckup 2024:307 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium dispilomma Buckup 1993. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Peru and Venezuela. IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

melanopteron, Melanocharacidium Buckup [P. A.] 1993:125, Fig. 10 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 20831] Río Caroni, below Guri dam, about 7°50'N, 63°W, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 26957 [ex MCNG 18135]. Paratypes: ANSP 159794 (1), 161661 (1); MBUCV-V-16015 (1); MCNG 18135 (1). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:12 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Melanocharacidium melanopteron Buckup 1993 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium melanopteron Buckup 1993. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

nigrum, Melanocharacidium Buckup [P. A.] 1993:128, Fig. 12 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 20831] Rio Mucajaí, upstream of Ilha do Paredao, Território Federal de Roraima, Brazil. Holotype: INPA 1681. Paratypes: INPA 746 (2, 1 c&s), 1680 (1); MZUSP 27010 (1), 43699 (1). Not treated in Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061], added in Corrigenda (2005). •Valid as Melanocharacidium nigrum Buckup 1993 -- (DoNascimiento et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35633], Taphorn et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium nigrum Buckup 1993. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Colombia and Guyana. Habitat: freshwater.

pectorale, Melanocharacidium Buckup [P. A.] 1993:130, Fig. 13 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 20831] Cachoeira Morena, about 2°10'S, 59°30'W, Rio Uatuma, Estado do Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: INPA 6629. Paratypes: INPA 1736 (8, 1 c&s), 6630 (1); MZUSP 43668 (1); UMMZ 220185 (1 c&s). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:479 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Melanocharacidium pectorale Buckup 1993 -- (Buckup 1993:329 [ref. 26741], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27061], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Taphorn et al. 2022:21 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium pectorale Buckup 1993. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

rex, Characidium Böhlke [J. E.] 1958:92, Pl. 5 (fig. 7) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 110; ref. 12050] Holotype (unique): ANSP 75949. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:53 [ref. 13621]. Near the mouth of Río Bobonaza, Chicherota, Province Pastaza, Ecuador. •Valid as Characidium rex Böhlke 1958 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:33 [ref. 37559]). •Valid as Melanocharacidium rex (Böhlke 1958) -- (Buckup 1993:134 [ref. 20831], Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:93 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:106 [ref. 35745], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Melanocharacidium rex (Böhlke 1958). Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon basin (Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.