lauroi, Characidium Travassos [H.] 1949:87, Figs. 1-10 [Revista Brasileira de Biologia v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 13032] Rio das Pedras, Fazenda Pendo, Agulhas Negras, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 5529. Paratypes: MNRJ 5530 (1, allotype). •Valid as Characidium lauroi Travassos 1949 -- (Buckup 1993:101 [ref. 20831], Buckup et al. 2000:276 [ref. 25084], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:90 [ref. 27061], Lujan et al. 2013:456 [ref. 32922], Leitão & Buckup 2014:21 [ref. 33323], Zanata & Camelier 2014:340 [ref. 33380], Melo & Oyakawa 2015:287 [ref. 33788], Zanata & Ohara 2015:375 [ref. 33970], Zanata & Camelier 2015:497 [ref. 33983], Zanata et al. 2015:381 [ref. 34023], Melo et al. 2016:[9] [ref. 34807], Zanata et al. 2018:84 [ref. 36279], Flausino Junior et al. 2020:357 [ref. 37666], Agudelo-Zamora et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37812]). Current status: Valid as Characidium lauroi Travassos 1949. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.