hilarii, Salminus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:64 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Rio São Francisco, Brazil. Lectotype: MNHN A-8658 (dry). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-9893 (1, dry), A-9394 (1, dry), A-8557 (1, dry); MNHN A.9849 (3, = Salminus santosi). Type catalog: Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140], Bertin 1948:14-15 [ref. 19577] with some differences from Géry & Lauzanne. Lectotype selected by Géry & Lauzanne 1990:117 [ref. 20140]. •Valid as Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Géry & Lauzanne 1990:122 [ref. 20140], Taphorn 1992:321 [ref. 23654], Britski 2001:21 [ref. 26046], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:156 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:19 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:74 [ref. 28131], Lima & Britski 2007:242 [ref. 29276], Sarmiento et al. 2014:52, 185 [ref. 35004], Abe et al. 2014:9 [ref. 35462], Mirande & Koerber 2015:20 [ref. 35117], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:63 [ref. 35633], Reis et al. 2020:457 [ref. 38364], Silva et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37809], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Brandão et al. 2023:87 [ref. 40464], Lima 2022:18 [ref. 39827], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Salminus hilarii Valenciennes 1850. Bryconidae: Salmininae. Distribution: South America: São Francisco, upper Paraná and Jaguaribe River basins (eastern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina). Habitat: freshwater.