sovichthys, Hyphessobrycon Schultz [L. P.] 1944:350, Fig. 53 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 95 (no. 3181); ref. 3960] Ciénaga del Guanavana, about 10 kilometers north of Sinamaica, Maricaibo basin, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121534. Paratypes: MCZ 37239 [ex USNM 121540] (5); UMMZ 145026 [ex USNM 121540] (5); USNM 121535-39 (1, 14, 1, 37, 7), 121540 (orig. 28, now 17, 1 missing), 21541 (2), 121542 (7). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:27-28 [ref. 19022]. See Planquette et al. 1996:292 [ref. 22818]. •Valid as Hyphessobrycon sovichthys Schultz 1944 -- (Galvis et al. 1997:51 [ref. 23651], Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:140 [ref. 27061], Zarske & Géry 2004:36 [ref. 28039], Zarske et al. 2006:29 [ref. 28749], García-Alzate et al. 2008:48 [ref. 29671], García-Alzate et al. 2008:144 [ref. 29919], García-Alzate & Román-Valencia 2008:15 [ref. 30008], García-Alzate et al.2010:801 [ref. 30824], Carvalho & Langeani 2013:526 [ref. 32913], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35633], Camelier et al. 2018:[11] [ref. 35836]). Current status: Valid as Hyphessobrycon sovichthys Schultz 1944. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: Lake Maricabo basin and Caribbean drainages, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.