monodon, Chirodon Cope [E. D.] 1894:91, Pl. 6 (fig. 9) [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 33; ref. 965] Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [probably Sistema da laguna dos Patos]. Lectotype: ANSP 21561. Paralectotypes: (2) ANSP 21562 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:51 [ref. 13621] as holotype and paratype. Original genus should have been Cheirodon. Lectotype established by Fowler 1906:332 [ref. 1373]. •Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Malabarba 1989:133 [ref. 14217], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117], Chuctaya et al. 2024:129 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.