axelrodi, Aphyocharax Travassos [H.] 1959:6, Figs. 1-3 [Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 7 (no. 7); ref. 12035] Near Piarco airport, Trinidad Island, West Indies. Holotype: MNRJ 9120. Paratypes: MNRJ 9121 (1), 9122-30 (9). Non-types: ?USNM 177553 (1, missing). Possible paratype was at USNM (see Vari & Howe 1991:5 [ref. 19022]). Appeared as name and figures in Axelrod 1959:3 [ref. 33314], unavailable. •Valid as Megalamphodus cf axelrodi Travassos 1959 -- (Taphorn 1992:230 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Hyphessobrycon axelrodi (Travassos 1959) -- (Weitzman & Palmer 1997:234 [ref. 22743], Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:134-135 [ref. 27061], Phillip et al. 2013:17 [ref. 32896], Dagosta et al. 2014:366 [ref. 33382], Conde-Saldaña et al. 2019:444 [ref. 36937] possibly in Pristella, Lima et al. 2021:345 [ref. 38293], Taphorn et al. 2022:16 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Hyphessobrycon axelrodi (Travassos 1959). Acestrorhamphidae: Hyphessobryconinae. Distribution: South America: Trinidad Island (Trinidad and Tobago), Guyana, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.