microlepis, Macrodon Günther [A.] 1864:282 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Rio Chagres, Panama. Lectotype: BMNH 1860.1.26.221. Paralectotypes: (7) BMNH 1860.6.16.128 (1), 1860.6.16.154-155 [= 1860.6.18.21-22] (now 3), 1864.1.26.222 (2), 1864.1.26.309 (1). Lectotype selected by Mattox, Bifi & Oyakawa 2014:344 [ref. 33381]. •Valid as Hoplias microlepis (Günther 1864) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:27 [ref. 37559], Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Bussing 1987:93 [ref. 22927], Bussing 1998:123 [ref. 24179], Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:240 [ref. 27061], Angulo et al. 2013:991 [ref. 33194], Barriga Salazar 2014:110 [ref. 35745], Mattox et al. 2014:344 [ref. 33381], Mattox et al. 2014:343 [ref. 33381], Azpelicueta et al. 2015:71 [ref. 34030], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:104 [ref. 34894], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[2] [ref. 35679], Rosso et al. 2016:206 [ref. 34785], Rosso et al. 2018:248 [ref. 36203], Angulo et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37425], Guimarães et al. 2021:15 [ref. 38947], Valenzuela et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40815], Escobar Camacho et al. 2024:8 [ref. 40892]). Current status: Valid as Hoplias microlepis (Günther 1864). Erythrinidae. Distribution: Central America and northwestern South America: Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.