microps, Belone Günther [A.] 1866:237 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Suriname. Lectotype: BMNH 1845.6.22.104. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1845.5.3.5 (1). Lectotype selected by Collette 1974:178 [ref. 7131]. •Valid as Belone microps Günther 1866 -- (Mees 1962:53 [ref. 13277]). •Valid as Pseudotylosurus microps (Günther 1866) -- (Collette 1974:173 [ref. 7131], Ortega & Vari 1986:18 [ref. 9708], Collette 2003:5 [ref. 27306], Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003:67 [ref. 27192], Barriga Salazar 2014:117 [ref. 35745], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:100 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:380 [ref. 38134], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:27 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:78 [ref. 39235]). Current status: Valid as Pseudotylosurus microps (Günther 1866). Belonidae. Distribution: South America: primarily a species of the Orinoco, Guianas, and lower Amazon (Araguaia, Xingu, Negro and Branco) (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.