spilurus, Curimatus Günther [A.] 1864:288 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Essequibo River, Guyana. Lectotype: BMNH 1864.1.21.70. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1864.1.21.71 (1). Lectotype selected by Vari 1992:101 [ref. 19020]; paralectotype is identified as Cyphocharax helleri by Vari. •Valid as Curimata spilurus Günther 1864 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:11 [ref. 9708] as spilura). •Valid as Cyphocharax spilurus (Günther 1864) -- (Taphorn 1992:417 [ref. 23654], Vari 1992:100 [ref. 19020], Chang & Ortega 1995:7 [ref. 24302], Planquette et al. 1996:124 [ref. 22818], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27061], Vari et al. 2012:67 [ref. 31971], Wosiacki & Miranda 2014:632 [ref. 33098], Sarmiento et al. 2014:186 [ref. 35004], Dutra et al. 2016:163 [ref. 34378], Melo 2017:119 [ref. 35213], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:42 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35773], Bortolo et al. 2018:351 [ref. 36016], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Netto-Ferreira et al. 2024:15 [ref. 40784]). Current status: Valid as Cyphocharax spilurus (Günther 1864). Curimatidae. Distribution: South America: rivers draining the Guiana Shield, Venezuela to French Guiana. Habitat: freshwater.