bifasciatus, Hyphessobrycon Ellis [M. D.] 1911:156, Pls. 2 (fig. 4), 3 (fig. 1) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 8 (no. 1, art. 2); ref. 1269] Rio Parahyba at Campos, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 54404 [ex CM 3026]. Paratypes and non-types: (201) CAS 51790 [ex IU 13276] (5), CAS 51791 [ex IU 13284] (5), FMNH 15041-45 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 54302 (42), 54374 (22), 54405-10 (35, 2, 1, 2, 79, 13), 96014 (1, allotype). Type catalog: Henn 1928:65 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:48 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus Ellis 1911 -- (Malabarba 1989:134 [ref. 14217], Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:135 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:26 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:77 [ref. 28131], Miquelarena & López 2010:5 [ref. 30749], Mirande 2010:514 [ref. 31006], Zanata & Camelier 2010:776 [ref. 31077], Zarske 2011:10 [ref. 31376], Di Dario et al. 2013:262 [ref. 37503], Ingenito et al. 2013:42 [ref. 32568], Teixeira et al. 2014:613 [ref. 33097], Carvalho et al. 2014:248 [ref. 33371], Litz & Koerber 2014:15 [ref. 33622], Bragança et al. 2015:260 [ref. 34051], Mirande & Koerber 2015:26 [ref. 35117], Teixeira et al. 2016:474 [ref. 34088], Pastana & Ohara 2016:396 [ref. 34716], Petry et al. 2016:302 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:30 [ref. 35565], Zanata et al. 2018:[11] [ref. 35863], Guimarães et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35965], Ota et al. 2020:432 [ref. 37391], Reis et al. 2020:459 [ref. 38364], Silva et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37809]). Current status: Valid as Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus Ellis 1911. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: coastal river drainages from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul States and upper Paraná River basin (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.