maculatus, Leporinus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:86 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Guyana. Syntypes or holotype: ZMB 3546 (1). Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:11 [ref. 3071]. Lectotype of 92 mm SL selected by Géry et al. 1988:709 [ref. 27759] but catalog number not given. •Valid as Leporinus maculatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708], Géry et al. 1988:704 [ref. 27759], Taphorn 1992:39 [ref. 23654] with question, Planquette et al. 1996:148 [ref. 22818], Gómez & Chebez 1996:53 [ref. 23791], Britski 1997:36 [ref. 24113], Garavello 2000:198 [ref. 24492], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:76 [ref. 27061], Mol et al. 2012:287 [ref. 32867], Sarmiento et al. 2014:183 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[3] [ref. 35679], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507]). Current status: Valid as Leporinus maculatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Anostomidae. Distribution: South America: coastal rivers of the Guianas and upper Amazon River basin. Habitat: freshwater.