altamazonicus, Curimatus Cope [E. D.] 1878:684 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 17 (no. 101); ref. 945] Peruvian Amazon. Lectotype: ANSP 21118. Paralectotypes: ANSP 21119-20 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:66 [ref. 13621] as holotype and paratypes. Lectotype selected by Fowler 1906:305 [ref. 1373]. •Valid as Potamorhina altamazonica (Cope 1878) -- (Vari 1984:19 [ref. 5307], Ortega & Vari 1986:11 [ref. 9708], Taphorn 1992:420 [ref. 23654], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:105 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:63, 186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:42 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35773], Careaga et al. 2020:76 [ref. 37774], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Dillman & Vari 2024:324 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Potamorhina altamazonica (Cope 1878). Curimatidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco Lowlands (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela). Introduced into northeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.