macrolepis, Curimatus (Curimatopsis) Steindachner [F.] 1876:81 [33] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Tabatinga, Brazil. Lectotype: NMW 75992. Paralectotypes: NMW 68765-66 (4, 4), 75991 (2). On p. 81 of separate. Lectotype selected by Vari 1982:15 [ref. 5485]. •Valid as Curimatopsis macrolepis (Steindachner 1876) -- (Vari 1982:13 [ref. 5485], Ortega & Vari 1986:11 [ref. 9708], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:105 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], Melo et al. 2016:308 [ref. 34913], Melo & Oliveira 2017:14 [ref. 35403], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:42 [ref. 35633], Melo 2020:8 [ref. 37600], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Dillman & Vari 2024:317 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Curimatopsis macrolepis (Steindachner 1876). Curimatidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.