trifasciatus, Leporinus Steindachner [F.] 1876:112 [64] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Amazon River at Tefé, Amazonas state, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW ?. On p. 64 of separate. •Valid as Leporinus trifasciatus Steindachner 1876 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708], Garavello & Britski 1988:70 [ref. 11864], Santos & Jégu 1990:172 [ref. 20180], Gómez & Chebez 1996:54 [ref. 23791], Britski 1997:37 [ref. 24113], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:79 [ref. 27061], Menni 2004:72 [ref. 28131], Birindelli & Britski 2009:9 [ref. 30144], Britski et al. 2012:458 [ref. 32317], Barriga Salazar 2014:105 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:183 [ref. 35004]). •Valid as Megaleporinus trifasciatus (Steindachner 1876) -- (Ramirez et al. 2017:313 [ref. 34945], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35633], Birindelli et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37400], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Megaleporinus trifasciatus (Steindachner 1876). Anostomidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin and Tocantins-Araguaia system (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.