brasiliensis, Sternarchus Reinhardt [J. T.] 1852:148 [Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn, Aaret 1852; ref. 18619] Rio das Velhas, Brazil. Syntypes: ?NMW 65015 (1); ZMB 9185 and/or 9195 (1 or 1 + 1); ZMUC 35-36 (2), 41 (1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:48 [ref. 9588], Ferraris et al. 2017:[6] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Apteronotus brasiliensis (Reinhardt 1852) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:29 [ref. 21320], Gómez & Chebez 1996:56 [ref. 23791], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:431 [ref. 23853], Albert 2001:109 [ref. 25614], Britski 2001:21 [ref. 26046], de Santana 2003:8 [ref. 26978], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:498 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:66 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:85 [ref. 28131], de Santana & Crampton 2006:115 [ref. 28765], Triques 2011:300 [ref. 31671], de Santana & Cox Fernandes 2012:284 [ref. 32053], Litz & Koerber 2014:28 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:47 [ref. 35117], Nión et al. 2016:35 [ref. 35565] dated 1853, Ferraris et al. 2017:[6] [ref. 35236], Koerber et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35267]). Current status: Valid as Apteronotus brasiliensis (Reinhardt 1852). Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: Paraná River basin, Das Velhas River basin: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay [ref. 33622]. Habitat: freshwater.