pequira, Chirodon Steindachner [F.] 1882:180 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 19 (no. 19); ref. 20487] Rio Guaporé [Cujabá], Amazon River, Brazil. Syntypes: (several) NMW 57160 (6), 62633 (4). Original genus should have been Cheirodon. Species later described in more detail in Steindachner 1882:38 [ref. 14353]. •Valid as Odontostilbe pequira (Steindachner 1882) -- (Malabarba 1998:219 [ref. 23844], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:218 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:111 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:78 [ref. 28131], Bührnheim & Malabarba 2006:193 [ref. 28728], Miquelarena et al. 2008:85 [ref. 29829], Mirande 2010:532 [ref. 31006], Litz & Koerber 2014:12 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:185 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:414 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35565], Koerber et al. 2017:30 [ref. 35267], Chuctaya et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37856], Reis et al. 2020:458 [ref. 38364], Loureiro et al. 2023:60 [ref. 40506], Chuctaya & Malabarba 2024:241 [ref. 40817]). •Valid as Holoshesthes pequira (Steindachner 1882) -- (Gómez & Chebez 1996:51 [ref. 23791], Sverlij et al. 1998:21 [ref. 27632], Britski et al. 1999:47 [ref. 24147], Malabarba & Weitzman 1999:429 [ref. 24417], Mirande 2018:294 [ref. 35990]). Current status: Valid as Holoshesthes pequira (Steindachner 1882). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Paraguay and lower Paraná River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.