affinis, Leporinus Günther [A.] 1864:308 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Rio Capin [= Capim], Pará State, Brazil. Syntypes: (at least 4) BMNH 1849.11.8.52-53 (2). •Synonym of Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch 1794), but a valid subspecies -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:53 [ref. 23791]). •Valid as Leporinus affinis Günther 1864 -- (Mahnert et al. 1997:842 [ref. 23282], Santos & Jégu 1990:164 [ref. 20180], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27061], Britski & Birindelli 2016:36 [ref. 34393], Burns et al. 2017:18 [ref. 35416], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:39 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2022:22 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Leporinus affinis Günther 1864. Anostomidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.