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Species in the genus Porotergus: [ 5 ] records

duende, Porotergus de Santana [C. D.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2010:166, Fig. 1 [Copeia 2010 (no. 1); ref. 30762] Rio Solimões, beach on north bank of Ilha Cuera, near Tefé, Municipality of Alvarães, 3°21.21'S, 64°39.59'W, Amazonas Brazil. Holotype: MCP 37357. Paratypes: many at INPA, MCP, MZUSP. Plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Porotergus duende de Santana & Crampton 2010 -- (Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:474 [ref. 35797], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:32 [ref. 42137], Torgersen et al. 2023:775 [ref. 40692], Mendonça et al. 2025:11 [ref. 42248], de Santana et al. 2025:15 [ref. 42602]). Current status: Valid as Porotergus duende de Santana & Crampton 2010. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: Negro, Solimões and Ucayali River drainages, western Amazon River basin, Colombia, Peru and Brazil. IUCN (2022): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

gimbeli, Porotergus Ellis [M. D.] in Eigenmann 1912:441 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Pará, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 54566 [ex CM 3197]. Paratypes: FMNH 54567 [ex CM 3198] (2), Ellis Coll. (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:70 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:69 [ref. 12367], Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236]. Also appeared as new in Ellis 1913:154, Pl. 23 (fig. 3) [ref. 1271]. •Valid as Porotergus gimbeli Ellis 1912 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708], Mago-Leccia 1994:33 [ref. 21320], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:433 [ref. 23853], Albert 2001:111 [ref. 25614] as "Porotergus" gimbeli, Albert in Reis et al. 2003:500 [ref. 27061], Cox Fernandes et al. 2009:206 [ref. 30178], de Santana & Crampton 2010:169 [ref. 30762], Sarmiento et al. 2014:188 [ref. 35004], Ivanyisky & Albert 2014:579 [ref. 35449], Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:474 [ref. 35797], Ochoa et al. 2020:63 [ref. 37781], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Mendonça et al. 2025:11 [ref. 42248]). Current status: Valid as Porotergus gimbeli Ellis 1912. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: lowland Amazon River basin (Brazil, Bolivia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

gymnotus, Porotergus Ellis [M. D.] in Eigenmann 1912:441 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Amatuk, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53575 [ex CM 1759]. Paratypes: BMNH 1911.10.31.543 (1), CAS 62305 [ex IU 12636] (1), FMNH 53291 [ex CM 1758] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:71 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:69 [ref. 12367], Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236]. Also appeared in Ellis 1913:153, Pl. 23 (fig. 4) [ref. 1271]. •Valid as Porotergus gymnotus Ellis 1912 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:32 [ref. 21320], Planquette et al. 1996:408 [ref. 22818], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:433 [ref. 23853], Albert 2001:111 [ref. 25614], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:500 [ref. 27061], Cox Fernandes et al. 2009:204 [ref. 30178] as cf. gymnotus, de Santana & Crampton 2010:172 [ref. 30762], Sarmiento et al. 2014:188 [ref. 35004], Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:474 [ref. 35797], Ochoa et al. 2020:63 [ref. 37781], Taphorn et al. 2022:38 [ref. 41297], Mendonça et al. 2025:10 [ref. 42248], de Santana et al. 2025:13 [ref. 42602]). Current status: Valid as Porotergus gymnotus Ellis 1912. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: Essequibo, Maroni and Amazon River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana and Guyana). Habitat: freshwater.

maroon, Porotergus de Santana [C. D.], Le Bail [P.-Y.], Peixoto [L.], Wan Tong You [K.], Gianeti [M.], Eon [C. H.], Loeb [M.], Mol [J.] & Covain [R.] 2025:8, Fig. 3 [Systematics and Biodiversity v. 23 (no. 1); ref. 42602] Coppename River rapids, Gran Tabiti Island, Sipaliwini, Suriname, 04°51'00"N, 56°0700ʺW. Holotype: MHNG 2798.029 [ex SU18-921, GBOL4958-19]. Paratypes: MHNG, MZUSP, RMNH, USNM, ZMA. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Porotergus maroon de Santana, Le Bail, Peixoto, Wan Tong You, Gianeti, Eon, Loeb, Mol & Covain 2025. Current status: Valid as Porotergus maroon de Santana, Le Bail, Peixoto, Wan Tong You, Gianeti, Eon, Loeb, Mol et al. 2025. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: rapids in the middle portions of the Coppename and Suriname Rivers, Suriname, rapids of the Mana and Maroni Rivers, French Guiana. Habitat: freshwater.

sambaibensis, Porotergus Mendonça [M. B.], Peixoto [L. A. W.], Chamon [C. C.], Akama [A.] & de Santana [C. D.] 2025:4, Figs. 3-6 [Journal of Fish Biology Early View; ref. 42248] Javaés River at pedral da Sambaíba, Pium, Tocantins, Brazil, 10°00'00.6"S, 50°01'28.3"W. Holotype: MPEG 39639. Paratypes: INPA, MPEG. MZUSP, UNT. •Valid as Porotergus sambaibensis Mendonça, Peixoto, Chamon, Akama & de Santana 2025 -- (de Santana et al. 2025:15 [ref. 42602]). Current status: Valid as Porotergus sambaibensis Mendonça, Peixoto, Chamon, Akama & de Santana 2025. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: Javaés River drainage, Araguaia River basin, Tocantins State, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.