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Species in the genus Rhamphichthys: [ 15 ] records

apurensis, Gymnorhamphichthys Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1968:[5], Pl. 4 (unnumb.) [Evencias No. 20; ref. 7318] Río Bucaral, Paso Don Pancho, tributary of Río Apure, Orinoco basin, Estado Apure, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V-10838 [ex AFY 51169]. Paratypes: MBUCV-V-10839 [ex AFY 51079] (1); AFY 51045 (1), 51251 (1). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24196], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. On fifth unnumbered page; genus spelled Gymnorhamphicthys on plate. Immature Gymnorhamphichthys -- (Schwassmann 1989:157 [ref. 13745]). •Valid as Rhamphichthys apurensis (Fernández-Yépez 1968) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:42 [ref. 21320], Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:492 [ref. 27061], Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35773], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:98 [ref. 40783], Taphorn et al. 2022:40 [ref. 41297], Carvalho & Albert 2023:11 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys apurensis (Fernández-Yépez 1968). Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin and Cuyuni River drainage (Venezuela, Colombia and Guyana). Habitat: freshwater.

atlanticus, Rhamphichthys Triques [M. L.] 1999:3, Fig. 4 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 26 (no. 1/2); ref. 24281] Viana Lake, Pindaré-Mearim river system, Maranhão, Brazil, about 3°14'S, 45°01'W. Holotype: MZUSP 43612. Paratypes: MZUSP 48508 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys atlanticus Triques 1999 -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:492 [ref. 27061], Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], Koerber et al. 2022:44 [ref. 39235], Vieira et al. 2023:19 [ref. 40759], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41573]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855 -- (Carvalho & Albert 2023:44 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855. Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

blochii, Rhamphichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1857:133, Fig. 9 [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] No locality. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236] with remarks. •Questionably a synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236], Carvalho & Albert 2023:55 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766). Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

drepanium, Rhamphichthys Triques [M. L.] 1999:1, Figs. 1-3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 26 (no. 1/2); ref. 24281] Janauari Lake, at confluence of Rio Negro and Rio Solimões, Manaus County, Amazonas, Brazil, about 3°20'S, 60°12'W. Holotype: MZUSP 6893. Paratypes: MZUSP 48509 (2), USNM 306876 (1). Plus additional non-type material. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys drepanium Triques 1999 -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061], Carvalho et al. 2011:405 [ref. 31553], Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:100 [ref. 40783], Carvalho & Albert 2023:18 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys drepanium Triques 1999. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

hahni, Sternarchorhamphus Meinken [H.] 1937:79, Fig. 3 [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 48 (no. 4); ref. 15288] Río Paranà basin, near Corrientes, Argentina. Holotype (unique): ZMB 31367. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Sternarchorhamphus hahni Meinken 1937 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:36 [ref. 21320]). •Valid as Rhamphichthys hahni (Meinken 1937) -- (Campos-da-Paz & Paepke 1994:155 [ref. 21383], Campos-da-Paz 1995:34 [ref. 22512], Britski et al. 1999:86 [ref. 24147], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:65 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:142 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:84 [ref. 28131], Carvalho et al. 2011:405 [ref. 31553], Litz & Koerber 2014:28 [ref. 33622], Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], Mirande & Koerber 2015:47 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:422 [ref. 34561], Vera-Alcaraz et al. 2017:6 [ref. 35082], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], Koerber et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35267], dos Reis et al. 2020:463 [ref. 38364], Loureiro et al. 2023:82 [ref. 40506] as hani, Carvalho & Albert 2023:28 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys hahni (Meinken 1937). Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Paraná-Paraguay River basin, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Habitat: freshwater.

heleios, Rhamphichthys Carvalho [T. P.] & Albert [J. S.] 2015:35, Figs. 1-3, 4A, 5A, 7A [Copeia v. 103 (no. 1); ref. 33681] Amazonas, Iranduba, confluence of Rio Negro and Solimões at Costa do Catalão, Brazil, 3°09'S, 59°54'W. Holotype: INPA 42309. Paratypes: ANSP, INPA, MCP, MZUSP. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys heleios Carvalho & Albert 2015 -- (Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], Carvalho & Albert 2023:35 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys heleios Carvalho & Albert 2015. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Solimões and Amazon Rivers in Brazil upstream of the mouth of the Madeira River and, Guaporé River drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

lineatus, Rhamphichthys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:87, Pl. 47 (fig. 1) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Lake of Río Ucayali, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3982. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys lineatus Castelnau 1855 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:42 [ref. 21320], Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Crampton 2011:1155 [ref. 31643], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745] as cf. lineatus, Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Carvalho & Albert 2023:39 [ref. 40654], Chuctaya et al. 2022:34 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys lineatus Castelnau 1855. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Ucayali, Solimões, and Amazon River drainages, western Amazon basin (Peru and Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

longior, Rhamphichthys Triques [M. L.] 1999:4 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 26 (no. 1/2); ref. 24281] Paru Lake (formed in the confluence of the Rios Trombetas and Paru-do-Oeste) at Oriximiná, PA, Brazil, about 1°45'S, 55°52'W. Holotype: MZUSP 48507. Paratypes: MZUSP 5630 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys longior Triques 1999 -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061], Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855 -- (Carvalho & Albert 2023:44 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855. Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

longirostratus, Gymnotus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:145, 178 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] South America. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236] with remarks. Unnecessary replacement name for Gymnotus rostratus Linnaeus 1766. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:387 (v. 5) [ref. 30473]. •Questionably a synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236], Carvalho & Albert 2023:55 [ref. 40654]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766). Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

marmoratus, Rhamphichthys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:86, Pl. 46 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Rio Araguay, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3959 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:43 [ref. 19577], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys marmoratus Castelnau 1855 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320], Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Crampton 2011:1155 [ref. 31643], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745] as cf. marmoratus, Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Sarmiento et al. 2014:108, 188 [ref. 35004], Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Ochoa et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37781], Taphorn et al. 2022:40 [ref. 41297]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855 -- (Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], Carvalho & Albert 2023:43 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855. Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

pantherinus, Rhamphichthys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:86, Pl. 46 (fig. 3) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Lake near Río Ucayali, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3993. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:43 [ref. 19577], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]. Günther 1875:5 [ref. 1995] serves as first reviser selecting pantherinus over marmoratus (see Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236]). •Provisionally a synonym of Rhamphichthys marmoratus Castelnau 1855 -- (Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320], Chang & Ortega 1995:3 [ref. 24302], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], Silvano et al. 2020:199 [ref. 38135], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:34 [ref. 42137], Carvalho & Albert 2023:43 [ref. 40654], Koerber et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40665], Torgersen et al. 2023:780 [ref. 40692], Limeira-Filho et al. 2024:6 [ref. 41573]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys pantherinus Castelnau 1855. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: upper Orinoco, Tocantins, Essequibo, and coastal northern River drainages of Brazil from the Turiaçu to Paranaiba River drainages, and western Amazon basin (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

reinhardti, Rhamphichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1857:132, Fig. 8 [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3956. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236] with remarks. •Valid as Rhamphichthys reinhardti Kaup 1857 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:42 [ref. 21320], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614]). •Provisionally a synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061], Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Carvalho & Albert 2023:56 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766). Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

rostratus, Gymnotus Linnaeus [C.] 1766:428 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] America [South America]. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236] with remarks. Based on multiple sources, including the 'Gymnotus maxillis elongatis tubulosis ...' of Gronow 1763:41 [ref. 1910], and Seba 1759:99, pl. 32, fig. 5 [ref. 18716]. •Valid as Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320], Planquette et al. 1996:400 [ref. 22818], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:423 [ref. 23853], Sverlij et al. 1998:40 [ref. 27632], Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281], Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Lasso et al. 2001:100 [ref. 25928], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:65 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:84 [ref. 28131], Sarmiento et al. 2014:108, 188 [ref. 35004], Carvalho & Albert 2015:40 [ref. 33681], Melo et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34701], Nión et al. 2016:34 [ref. 35565] as Ramphichthys, Ferraris et al. 2017:[28] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35773], Ochoa et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37781], Silvano et al. 2020:199 [ref. 38135], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:45 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:40 [ref. 41297], Carvalho & Albert 2023:55 [ref. 40654], Torgersen et al. 2023:780 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766). Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Essequibo, Tocantins, and coastal River basins of the Guianas (Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

schneideri, Rhamphichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1857:136, Fig. 11 [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Cayenne, French Guiana. Syntypes: (2) ?MNHN 0000-3957 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236] with remarks. •Questionably a synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Albert 2001:124 [ref. 25614], Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236], Carvalho & Albert 2023:56 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766). Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

schomburgki, Rhamphichthys Kaup [J. J.] 1857:135, Fig. 10 [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Rivers of Demerara, northern Guyana. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-3958. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236] with remarks. •Valid as Rhamphichthys schomburgki Kaup 1857 -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320]). •Provisionally a synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Triques 1999:1 [ref. 24281]). •Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:41 [ref. 21320] with question, Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:493 [ref. 27061] with question, Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236], Carvalho & Albert 2023:56 [ref. 40654]). Current status: Synonym of Rhamphichthys rostratus (Linnaeus 1766). Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.