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Species in the genus Saccoderma: [ 4 ] records


falcata, Saccoderma Dahl [G.] 1955:17 [Revista Linneana v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 19186] Tributaries of Río Sinú or from the Pechilí system, Colombia. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Paratypes: (158). Not treated in Reis et al. 2003:116 [ref. 27061]. •Species inquirenda -- (Jerep et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40817]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

hastatus, Odontostilbe Eigenmann [C. H.] 1913:27 [Indiana University Studies No. 18; ref. 1229] Soplaviento, Colombia. Holotype: FMNH 56383 [ex CM 5103]. Paratypes: (25, CM and IU) FMNH 56300 (10, 1 c&s), 69555 (3); CAS 70919 [ex IU 12861] (9); USNM 79223 (2). Type catalog: Henn 1928:59 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:61 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:32 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Saccoderma hastata (Eigenmann 1913) -- (Malabarba & Weitzman 1999:427 [ref. 24417], Malabarba & Weitzman 2000:280 [ref. 24413], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:219 [ref. 27061] as hastatus, López et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:78 [ref. 28131], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:54 [ref. 35633], Jerep et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Saccoderma hastata (Eigenmann 1913). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Magdalena River basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

melanostigma, Saccoderma Schultz [L. P.] 1944:315, Figs. 40-41 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 95 (no. 3181); ref. 3960] Río San Juan near bridge, southern of Mene Grande, Motatán system, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121519. Paratypes: MCZ 37296 [ex USNM 121525] (4); MHNG [ex USNM 121528] (4), UMMZ 145025 [ex USNM 121530]; CAS-SU 18145 [ex USNM 121528] (6, missing); USNM 121520-24 (5, 44, 24, 3, 3), 121525 (orig. 23, now 19), 121526-27 (7, 4), 121528 (orig. 108, now 98), 121529 (9), 121530 (orig. 4, now 0); ZMA 114669 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:26 [ref. 12291], Nijssen et al. 1982:24 [ref. 19236], Vari & Howe 1991:38-39 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Saccoderma melanostigma Schultz 1944 -- (Galvis et al. 1997:53 [ref. 23651], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:219 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:54 [ref. 35633], Jerep et al. 2024:273 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Saccoderma melanostigma Schultz 1944. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

robusta, Saccoderma Dahl [G.] 1955:18 [Revista Linneana v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 19186] Nain, Colombia. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Paratypes: (apparently 17, whereabouts unknown). No paratypes: MHNG 1066.39-42 (4). Type catalog: Mahnert 1976:475 [ref. 21535]. •Valid as Saccoderma robusta Dahl 1955 -- (Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:219 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:54 [ref. 35633]). •Species inquirenda -- (Jerep et al. 2024:274 [ref. 40817]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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