motatanensis, Bryconamericus beta Schultz [L. P.] 1944:341, Fig. 50 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 95 (no. 3181); ref. 3960] Río San Juan at bridge south of Mene Grande, Motatán system, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121477. Paratypes: USNM 121478 (orig. 77, now 74), 121479-80 (10, 1), 121481 (orig. 45, now 35, 1 missing); MHNG (2) [through Géry, ex USNM 121478] (2); MCZ 37291 [ex USNM 121481] (5); UMMZ 145030 [ex USNM 121481] (5). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:9-10 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Bryconamericus motatanensis Schults 1944 -- (Román-Valencia 2003:29 [ref. 27037], Román-Valencia 2003:7 [ref. 27070], Silva in Reis et al. 2003:117 [ref. 27061], Román-Valencia 2002:209 [ref. 27206], Román-Valencia 2003:482 [ref. 27478], Román-Valencia 2005:60 [ref. 28949], Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893] genus uncertain, DoNascimiento 2016:528 [ref. 34727]). Current status: Valid as Bryconamericus motatanensis Schultz 1944. Characidae: Stevardiinae. Distribution: Orinoco and Lake Maracaibo basins, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.