muelleri, Leporinus Günther [A.] 1859:92 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859 (pt 1); ref. 18209] Andes of western Ecuador. Lectotype: BMNH 1858.7.25.42 (82.5 mm SL). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1858.7.25.43-45 (4). Originally as mülleri, change mandatory. Lectotype selected by Vari & Harold 2001:165 [ref. 25842]. •Valid as Creagrutus muelleri (Günther 1859) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:28 [ref. 37559] as mulleri, Vari & Harold 2001:165 [ref. 25842], Vari & Harold in Reis et al. 2003:124 [ref. 27061], Harold & Salcedo 2010:382 [ref. 30692], Mirande et al. 2013:763 [ref. 33366], Barriga Salazar 2014:107 [ref. 35745], Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:18 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Creagrutus muelleri (Günther 1859). Stevardiidae: Creagrutinae. Distribution: South America: rivers of eastern slope of the Andean piedmont (Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.
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