altipinnis, Leporinus faciatus Borodin [N. A.] 1929:280, Pl. 8 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 50 (no. 3); ref. 527] Jatuarana, creek or small lake near Barreirinha, Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil. Syntypes: MCZ 20487 (2). •Status uncertain -- (Mahnert et al. 1997:843 [ref. 23282]). •Synonym of Leporinus fasciatus (Bloch 1794) -- (Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Leporinus altipinnis Borodin 1929 -- (Britski & Birindelli 2016:27 [ref. 34393], Burns et al. 2017:18 [ref. 35416], Bogotá-Gregory et al. 2020:1397 [ref. 37878]). Current status: Valid as Leporinus altipinnis Borodin 1929. Anostomidae. Distribution: South America: Rio Tapajós, rio Negro and río Orinoco (Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.