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insignis, Chirodon Steindachner [F.] 1880:74 [22], Pl. 6 (fig. 3) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 42; ref. 14403] Río Cauca, Colombia. Syntypes: (several) NMW 62543-44 (6, 8). On p. 22 of separate. Original genus should have been Cheirodon. •Valid as Chirodon insignis Steindachner 1880 -- (Galvis et al. 1997:44 [ref. 23651]). •Valid as Nanocheirodon insignis (Steindachner 1880) -- (Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Zarske 2001:15 [ref. 25834], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:217 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:53 [ref. 35633], Jerep et al. 2024:238 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Nanocheirodon insignis (Steindachner 1880). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Lake Maracaibo and Magdalena River basins, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.


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