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Species in the genus Salminus: [ 14 ] records

affinis, Salminus Steindachner [F.] 1880:80 [28], Pl. 7 (figs. 2-2a) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 42; ref. 14403] Cauca River, Colombia. Lectotype: NMW 78042.2. Paralectotypes: (several) NMW 56855 (1), 77149-50 (1, 1), 78042.1 (1) and 78042.3 (1). On p. 28 of separate. Lectotype selected by Géry & Lauzanne 1990:123 [ref. 20140], see also Lima & Britski 2007:243 [ref. 29276]. •Valid as Salminus affinis Steindachner 1880 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:30 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Géry & Lauzanne 1990:123 [ref. 20140], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], Lima & Britski 2007:242 [ref. 29276], Barriga S. 2012:108 [ref. 35745], Abe et al. 2014:9 [ref. 35462], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:63 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:17 [ref. 42137], Lima 2022:11 [ref. 39827]). Current status: Valid as Salminus affinis Steindachner 1880. Bryconidae: Salmininae. Distribution: South America: Magdalena, Sinú and Rancheria River basins (Colombia, Peru). IUCN (2023): Data Deficient. Habitat: freshwater.

auratus, Salmo Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:378 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Uruguay. Original as Salmo (dorado) auratus; corresponds to Salmo 27-radiatus on p. 388. Appeared as Salmo auratus vel 27-radiatus in Devincenzi 1925:314, 322 [ref. 20322]; Devincenzi treated as a synonym of Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes 1850. •Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816). Bryconidae: Salmininae. Habitat: freshwater.

brasiliensis, Hydrocynus Cuvier [G.] 1816:167 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8555 (dry). Type catalog: Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140]. Name in footnote, tied to description in text above and to plate 10 (fig. 2) of vol. 4. •Valid as Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Géry & Lauzanne 1990:123 [ref. 20140], Chang & Ortega 1995:5 [ref. 24302], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:74 [ref. 28131], Lima & Britski 2007:242 [ref. 29276], Mirande 2010:478 [ref. 31006], Abe et al. 2014:9 [ref. 35462], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622], Mattox et al. 2014:103 [ref. 33524], Sarmiento et al. 2014:52, 185 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:412 [ref. 34561], Reis et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34496], Nión et al. 2016:30 [ref. 35565] with author as Valenciennes 1850, Koerber et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35267], Dickens 2019:161 [ref. 37135], dos Reis et al. 2020:457 [ref. 38364], Lima 2022:53 [ref. 39827], Giora & Wingert 2023:74 [ref. 41026], Loureiro et al. 2023:52 [ref. 40506], Gomes et al. 2024:38 [ref. 42631], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:56 [ref. 41258], Silva-Sene et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41784], Aguiar-Santos & Meneses 2025:3 [ref. 41954]). Current status: Valid as Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816). Bryconidae: Salmininae. Distribution: South America: La Plata, Madeira and Jacuí River basins (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Introduced to rivers in eastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

brevidens, Hydrocyon Cuvier [G.] 1819:364, Pl. 27 (fig. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 5; ref. 1017] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8555 (dry). Type catalog: Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140]. •Objective synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816). Bryconidae: Salmininae. Habitat: freshwater.

cuvieri, Salminus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:56 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] São Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8555 (dry). Type catalog: Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140]. •Objective synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Britski 2001:21 [ref. 26046], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816). Bryconidae: Salmininae. Habitat: freshwater.

erythrura, Brycon Fowler [H. W.] 1941:191, Fig. 101 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1437] Rio Jaguaribe, Orós, Ceará, Brazil. Holotype: ANSP 69608. Paratypes: ANSP 69609-17 (9), Géry coll. [ex ANSP 69618] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:45 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Brycon erythrura Fowler 1941 -- (Howes 1982:26 [ref. 14201]). •Synonym of Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850 -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], Lima 2022:19 [ref. 39827]). Current status: Synonym of Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850. Bryconidae: Salmininae. Habitat: freshwater.

franciscanus, Salminus Lima [F. C. T.] & Britski [H. A.] 2007:238, Figs. 1-3 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 29276] Stream tributary to rio das Velhas, at Igreja Quebrada. near Jaguara, 19°27'S, 43°57'W, Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 89625. Paratypes: BMNH 1924.12.16.6 (1), 1924.6.2.2 (1), MNRJ, MZUSP, UFPB. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Salminus franciscanus Lima & Britski 2007 -- (Abe et al. 2014:9 [ref. 35462], Reis et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34496], Silva et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37809], Lima 2022:53 [ref. 39827], Alves et al. 2023:16 [ref. 41024]). Current status: Valid as Salminus franciscanus Lima & Britski 2007. Bryconidae: Salmininae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco River basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.

hilarii, Salminus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:64 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Rio São Francisco, Brazil. Lectotype: MNHN A-8658 (dry). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-9893 (1, dry), A-9394 (1, dry), A-8557 (1, dry); MNHN A.9849 (3, = Salminus santosi). Type catalog: Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140], Bertin 1948:14-15 [ref. 19577] with some differences from Géry & Lauzanne. Lectotype selected by Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140]. •Valid as Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Géry & Lauzanne 1990:122 [ref. 20140], Taphorn 1992:321 [ref. 23654], Britski 2001:21 [ref. 26046], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:74 [ref. 28131], Lima & Britski 2007:242 [ref. 29276], Sarmiento et al. 2014:52, 185 [ref. 35004], Abe et al. 2014:9 [ref. 35462], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:63 [ref. 35633], dos Reis et al. 2020:457 [ref. 38364], Silva et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37809], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:17 [ref. 42137], Lima 2022:18 [ref. 39827], Brandão et al. 2023:87 [ref. 40464], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760], Koerber 2024:3 [ref. 41228], Silva-Sene et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41784]). Current status: Valid as Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850. Bryconidae: Salmininae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco, upper Paraná and Jaguaribe River basins (eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Argentina). IUCN (2023): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

iquitensis, Holobrycon Nakashima [S.] 1941:72, Fig. [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 5 (no. 16); ref. 13189] Río Napo, upstream mouth of río Mazan, near Mazan, Loreto, Peru, 3°29'10"S, 73°6'24"W [Iquitos, Amazon system, Peru]. Neotype: ANSP 178157. Neotype designated by Lima 2022:41 [ref. 39827]. •Valid with question as Brycon iquitensis (Nakashima 1941) -- (Howes 1982:32 [ref. 14201]). •Synonym of Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850 -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061] with question, Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117]). •Valid as Salminus iquitensis (Nakashima 1941) -- (Lima 2022:32 [ref. 39827]). Current status: Valid as Salminus iquitensis (Nakashima 1941). Bryconidae: Salmininae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon, Orinoco and Branco River basins, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

maxillosus, Salminus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:62 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8550 (dry). Type catalog: Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140]. Spelled maxiliosus by Bertoni 1914:13 [ref. 16813]. •Valid as Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Haro et al. 1996:6 [ref. 25004], Miquelarena et al. 1997:68 [ref. 23469], Gómez & Chebez 1996:49 [ref. 23791], Sverlij et al. 1998:17 [ref. 27632] dated 1840, Britski et al. 1999:50 [ref. 24147], Butí & Cancino 1999:71 [ref. 25277]). •Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Géry & Lauzanne 1990:122 [ref. 20140], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816). Bryconidae: Salmininae. Habitat: freshwater.

melanurus, Salmo Kner [R.] (ex Natterer) 1860:60 [52] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 18; ref. 7130] On p. 52 of separate. Not available, name mentioned in passing under Salminus cuvieri Valenciennes; from Irisanga, Rio Cujaba, Brazil. •In the synonymy of Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850 -- (Lima 2022:19 [ref. 39827]). •Unavailable name -- (Toledo-Piza et al. 2024:445 [ref. 40817]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850.

orbignyanus, Salminus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:65 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Buenos Aires, Argentina; affluents of Río Parana, Uruguay. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8551 (dry). Type catalog: Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140]. •Valid as Salminus orbignyanus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Malabarba 1989:138 [ref. 14217]). •Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Géry & Lauzanne 1990:122 [ref. 20140], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], Koerber et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816). Bryconidae: Salmininae. Habitat: freshwater.

santosi, Salminus Lima [F. C. T.] 2022:44, Figs. 1D, 3, 15-16 [Zootaxa 5226 (no. 1); ref. 39827] Igarapé do Cinzento, rio Itacaiúnas, Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil, about 5°51'S, 50°32'W. Holotype: MZUSP 34916. Paratypes: INPA, MNRJ, MZUSP, ZUEC. Plus additional non-type material. •Valid as Salminus santosi Lima 2022. Current status: Valid as Salminus santosi Lima 2022. Bryconidae: Salmininae. Distribution: South America: Tocantins River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

vigintiseptemradiatus, Salmo Larrañaga [D. A.] 1923:388 [Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga v. 2; ref. 22561] Originally as Salmo 27-radiatus. Quoted from Larrañaga manuscript as Sp. n., but Devincenzi (p. 322, 314) treated as a synonym of Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes 1850. •In the synonymy of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816) -- (Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622] as "27-radiatus", Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117] as "27-radiatus", Koerber et al. 2017:32 [ref. 35267] as "27-radiatus", Lima 2024:78 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier 1816). Bryconidae: Salmininae.