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Species in the genus Poptella: [ 11 ] records

abathes, Poptella Garcia-Ayala [J. R.], Oliveira [C.] & Benine [R. C.] 2025:10, Figs. 2c, 4g-i, 9 [Journal of Fish Biology Early View; ref. 42420] Rio Preto, Rio Araguaia basin, municipality of Nova Crixa, Goiás State, Brazil, 14°22'18"S, 50°39'13"W. Holotype: MZUSP 130990. Paratypes: LBP, MZUSP. •Valid as Poptella abathes Garcia-Ayala, Oliveira & Benine 2025. Current status: Valid as Poptella abathes Garcia-Ayala, Oliveira & Benine 2025. Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: upper Rio Araguaia basin, Goiás State, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

actenolepis, Poptella Garcia-Ayala [J. R.] & Benine [R. C.] 2019:2, Figs. 1-4 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 17 (no. 2): e180149; ref. 36770] Igarapé Mutum, nearby the bridge on road BR 230 between Vicinal Brasília and Nova Esperança, Rio Juma, tributary of the Rio Aripuanã, Rio Madeira basin, Apuí, Amazonas, Brazil, 07°14'56"S, 59°58'42.744"W. Holotype: MZUSP 124423. Paratypes: MZUSP. •Valid as Poptella actenolepis Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2019 -- (Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021:7 [ref. 38089]). Current status: Valid as Poptella actenolepis Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2019. Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: Rio Aripuanã drainage, Rio Madeira basin, Amazonas, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

brevispina, Poptella Reis [R. E.] 1989:37, Fig. 22 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, Série Zoologia v. 2 (no. 6); ref. 14219] Igarapé Apeu, Boa Vista, Castanhal, Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 38562. Paratypes: ANSP (1); BMNH 1911.10.31.416 (1), 1973.10.15.28-29 (2), 1974.5.22.458-460 (3); CAS 66873-74 (5, 3); FMNH 7475 (1), 53469 (5), 53716 (4), 82627 (3); MCP 13526 (3); MCZ 46050 (6); MZUSP 19362 (10), 19368 (1), 19527 (3), 19544 (15, not 13), 19675 (11, not 10), 20339 (2), 20568 (10); CAS-SU 21859 (1), 21867 (1); UMMZ 215339-42 (1, 1, 3, 3); USNM; ZMA. Plus additional paratypes at MCP, MCZ, MZUSP. Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:490-491 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Poptella brevispina Reis 1989 -- (Géry et al. 1991:60 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:236 [ref. 22818], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061], Melo et al. 2016:133 [ref. 34701], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35633], Garcia-Ayala et al. 2017:571 [ref. 35695], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2019:7 [ref. 36770], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021:7 [ref. 38089], Taphorn et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Poptella brevispina Reis 1989. Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco, Kurobrong, Oiapoque and Xingu River basins (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname). Habitat: freshwater.

compressus, Tetragonopterus Günther [A.] 1864:319 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Essequibo River, Guyana. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.21.67. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1845.6.22.182 (1), 1845.6.22.185 (1), 1845.6.22.308 (1), 1854.2.25.6 (1), 1864.1.21.68 (1). Lectotype selected by Reis 1989:23 [ref. 14219]. •Valid as Poptella compressa (Günther 1864) -- (Reis 1989:20 [ref. 14219], Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Lasso et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25928], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:50, 185 [ref. 35004], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35633], Garcia-Ayala et al. 2017:571 [ref. 35695], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:89 [ref. 35773], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2019:7 [ref. 36770], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021:7 [ref. 38089], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:19 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:24 [ref. 42137], Koerber et al. 2022:35 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41297], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760], Vieira et al. 2023:17 [ref. 40759], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41573], Garcia-Uyala et al. 2025:13 [ref. 42420]). Current status: Valid as Poptella compressa (Günther 1864). Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo River basin and coastal drainages of northern South America. IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

fortispina, Poptella Garcia-Ayala [J. R.] & Benine [R. C.] 2023:3, Figs. 1-4A [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 21 (no. 1): e220086; ref. 40179] Igarapé Cobal, rio Xingu basin, Altamira municipality, Pará Sate, Brazil, 03°23'88"S. 51°75'19"W. Holotype: INPA 59843. Paratypes: ANSP, INPA, LBP, MCP, MZUSP, ROM, ZUEC. •Valid as Poptella fortispina Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2023. Current status: Valid as Poptella fortispina Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2023. Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: rio Xingu drainage, Amazon basin, Pará and Mato Grosso States, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

fuscata, Poptella Garcia-Ayala [J. R.] & Benine [R. C.] 2021:2, Figs. 1-5 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 98 (no. 5); ref. 38089] Quebrada Campamento Satélite EO4, Río Putumayo, subbasin Bufeo, Putumayo, Loreto, Peru, 02°22'29"S, 71°35'35"W. Holotype: MUSM 69465. Paratypes: LBP, MUSM, ZUEC. •Valid as Poptella fuscata Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021. Current status: Valid as Poptella fuscata Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021. Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: Putumayo and Nanay River drainages, upper Amazon basin, Loreto, Peru and Amazon River at Tabatinga, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

longipinnis, Tetragonopterus Popta [C. M. L.] 1901:85, Fig. [Notes from the Leyden Museum v. 23 (no. 2) (art. 10) (for Apr. 1901); ref. 20702] Below Nickerie, between le Manilie-kreek and l'Arrawarra, Suriname. Lectotype: RMNH 13033. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1908.1.27.4 (1), RMNH 7507 (7). Lectotype selected by Reis 1989:28 [ref. 14219]. •Valid as Poptella longipinnis (Popta 1901) -- (Reis 1989:27 [ref. 14219], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:46 [ref. 35633], Garcia-Ayala et al. 2017:572 [ref. 35695], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2019:7 [ref. 36770], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021:7 [ref. 38089], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Taphorn et al. 2022:19 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Poptella longipinnis (Popta 1901). Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin and coastal drainages of Suriname and lower Tocantins River (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

magnuspina, Poptella Garcia-Ayala [J. R.], Oliveira [C.] & Benine [R. C.] 2025:2, Figs. 1, 2a, 3, 4a-c, 5 [Journal of Fish Biology Early View; ref. 42420] Rio Tapirapé, Rio Tocantins basin, Tatuzão farm, municipality of Marabá, Pará State, Brazil, 05°35'45.0"S, 50°27'31.0"W. Holotype: ZUEC 18559. Paratypes: INPA, LBP, MZUSP, NUP, UNT, ZUEC. •Valid as Poptella magnuspina Garcia-Ayala, Oliveira & Benine 2025. Current status: Valid as Poptella magnuspina Garcia-Ayala, Oliveira & Benine 2025. Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Tocantins-Araguaia River basin, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará and Tocantins States, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

nemopterus, Gymnocorymbus Fowler [H. W.] 1914:247, Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 66; ref. 1390] Rupununi River, Guyana, 2°-3°N, 50°20'W. Holotype: ANSP 39332. Paratypes: ANSP 39333-34 (2), 39335 (missing), 39336 (1, c&s). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:51 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Poptella longipinnis (Popta 1901) -- (Reis 1989:27 [ref. 14219], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Poptella longipinnis (Popta 1901). Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Habitat: freshwater.

paraguayensis, Fowlerina Eigenmann [C. H.] in Eigenmann, McAtee & Ward 1907:153 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 4 (no. 2) (art. 7); ref. 1261] Descalvados, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Lectotype: BMNH 1895.5.17.200. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1892.4.20.36-38 (3), 1895.5.17.201-204 (4), 1895.5.17.205-207 (5). Based on the Paraguayan specimens of Tetragonopterus compressus Günther. Lectotype selected by Reis 1989:33 [ref. 14219]. See also the types of Brachychalcinus retrospina. •Synonym of Ephippicharax orbicularis (Valenciennes 1850), but a valid subspecies -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:49 [ref. 23791]). •Valid as Poptella paraguayensis (Eigenmann 1907) -- (Reis 1989:32 [ref. 14219], Britski et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24147], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:21 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:76 [ref. 28131], Mirande 2010:505 [ref. 31006], Sarmiento et al. 2014:50, 185 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:21 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35267], Garcia-Ayala et al. 2017:572 [ref. 35695], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2019:7 [ref. 36770], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021:7 [ref. 38089]). Current status: Valid as Poptella paraguayensis (Eigenmann 1907). Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. Habitat: freshwater.

spinula, Poptella Garcia-Ayala [J. R.], Oliveira [C.] & Benine [R. C.] 2025:7, Figs. 2b, 4d-f, 7-8 [Journal of Fish Biology Early View; ref. 42420] Tributary stream of the Rio Javaes, Rio Araguaia basin, municipality of Piun, Tocantins State, Brazil, 09°58'57.1"S, 50°00'57.7"W. Holotype: LBP 36721. Paratypes: LBP, MZUSP, UNT. •Valid as Poptella spinula Garcia-Ayala, Oliveira & Benine 2025. Current status: Valid as Poptella spinula Garcia-Ayala, Oliveira & Benine 2025. Acestrorhamphidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: middle and upper Rio Araguaia basin, Goiás and Mato Grosso States, and upper Rio Tocantins basin, Tocantins State, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.