pusillus, Aphyocharax Günther [A.] 1868:480 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6) (art. 56); ref. 1992] Xeberos or Río Huallaga, Amazon system, Peru. Syntypes: (1) BMNH 1867.6.13.46, (2) BMNH 1867.6.13.58-59. Also published in Günther (Sept.) 1868:245 [ref. 5756]. •Valid as Aphyocharax pusillus Günther 1868 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:198 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:43, 183 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35633], Brito et al. 2018:394 [ref. 36071], Brito et al. 2019:515 [ref. 37042], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Aphyocharax pusillus Günther 1868. Characidae: Aphyocharacinae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia). Habitat: freshwater.