brevicauda, Erythrinus Günther [A.] 1864:285 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] No locality. Syntypes: BMNH 1863.11.15.92-93 (2). •Synonym of Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:238 [ref. 27061], Mirande & Koerber 2015:14 [ref. 35117], Vera-Alcaraz et al. 2017:2 [ref. 35082], Koerber et al. 2017:19 [ref. 35267], Mattox et al. 2024:356 [ref. 40807]). Current status: Synonym of Erythrinus erythrinus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Erythrinidae. Habitat: freshwater.