proteus, Hyphessobrycon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1913:28 [Indiana University Studies No. 18; ref. 1229] Quibdó, municipio de Yuto, Colombia. Holotype: FMNH 56293 [ex CM 5094]. Paratypes: (271+, CM and IU) CAS 57603 [ex IU 12858] (29), 60478-83 [ex IU 12857 down to 12852] (1, 3, 1, 16, 25, 25); FMNH 56294-99 (31, 43, 30, 37, 1, 1), 56381-82 (1, 4), 69778 (50); CAS-SU 22754 (6); USNM 79215 (4), 167819 (8). Type catalog: Henn 1928:66 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:48 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:27 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Hyphessobrycon proteus Eigenmann 1913 -- (Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:139 [ref. 27061], García-Alzate et al. 2008:48 [ref. 29671], García-Alzate et al. 2010:55 [ref. 30716], García-Alzate et al. 2011:709 [ref. 31266], García-Alzate 2015:223 [ref. 33855], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35633], Ardila Rodríguez 2022:7 [ref. 39172], Ardila Rodríguez 2022:15 [ref. 39810], Lima et al. 2024:199 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Hyphessobrycon proteus Eigenmann 1913. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Magdalena River basin, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.