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Species in the genus Steatogenys: [ 4 ] records


duidae, Tateichthys LaMonte [F. R.] 1929:1, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 373; ref. 3039] Burned Mountain Creek, about 5 miles northeast of Caño Pescado, Mt. Duida neighborhood, Venezuela. Holotype: AMNH 9599. Paratypes: AMNH 9600 (3), 33993 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Brachyhypopomus duidae (LaMonte 1929) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:50 [ref. 21320]). •Valid as Steatogenys duidae (LaMonte 1929) -- (Schwassmann 1984:106 [ref. 5345], Albert & Crampton in Reis et al. 2003:495 [ref. 27061], Crampton et al. 2004:78 [ref. 27504], de Santana & Crampton 2011:1155 [ref. 31643], Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Steatogenys duidae (LaMonte 1929). Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco and Amazon basins (Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

elegans, Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) Steindachner [F.] 1880:89 [37] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 42; ref. 14403] Mouth of the Rio Negro, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 76413 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236]. Specimen on Pl. 9 (figs. 1-1a) is named Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) mirabilis in figure caption, a taxon not discussed in the text; evidently a mistake or unintentional naming for Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) elegans treated on p. 37 in the text. •Valid as Brachyhypopomus elegans (Steindachner 1880) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:49 [ref. 21320]). •Valid as Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner 1880) -- (Schwassmann 1984:105 [ref. 5345], Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:423 [ref. 23853], Albert & Crampton in Reis et al. 2003:496 [ref. 27061], Crampton et al. 2004:78 [ref. 27504], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745], Melo et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34701], Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Ochoa et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37781], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:34 [ref. 42137], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:102 [ref. 40783], Taphorn et al. 2022:40 [ref. 41297], Torgersen et al. 2023:781 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner 1880). Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador,Guyana, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

mirabilis, Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhampichthys) Steindachner [F.] 1880:104 [52], Pl. 9 (figs. 1-1a) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 42; ref. 14403] Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236]. Specimen on Pl. 9 (figs. 1-1a) is named Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) mirabilis in figure caption, a taxon not discussed in the text; apparently an unintentional second name for Rhamphichthys (Brachyrhamphichthys) elegans. First reviser not researched; Albert & Crampton in Reis et al. 2003:496 [ref. 27061] serve as first revisers if not established earlier. •Synonym of Brachyhypopomus elegans (Steindachner 1880) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:50 [ref. 21320]). •Synonym of Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner 1880) -- (Albert & Crampton in Reis et al. 2003:496 [ref. 27061], Crampton et al. 2004:78 [ref. 27504], Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Synonym of Steatogenys elegans (Steindachner 1880). Rhamphichthyidae. Habitat: freshwater.

ocellatus, Steatogenys Crampton [W. G. R.], Thorsen [D. H.] & Albert [J. S.] 2004:81, Figs. 2-3 [Copeia 2004 (no. 1); ref. 27504] Mouth of Rio Baré, Municipality of Maraã, 2°09'54"S, 64°42'48"W, Lago Amanã, Rio Japurá, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 31908. Paratypes: INPA 21081 (1); MCP 31909 (1), 31910 (1, c&s), 31911-13 (1, 1, 1). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Steatogenys ocellatus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert 2004 -- (Ferraris et al. 2017:[29] [ref. 35236], Bogotá-Gregory et al. 2018:610 [ref. 36083], Taphorn et al. 2022:40 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Steatogenys ocellatus Crampton, Thorsen & Albert 2004. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.


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