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Species related to Pygocentrus palometa: [ 1 ] record

palometa, Pygocentrus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:296 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Río Apuré, Río Guerico, Lower Río Orinoco, Venezuela. No types known. •Listed as Pygocentrus palometa Valenciennes 1850, but as a nomen dubium -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189 [ref. 27061], Ota et al. 2024:429 [ref. 40817]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain. Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.