stellatus, Gastropelecus Kner [R.] 1858:163 [3] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 32 (no. 22); ref. 18871] Rio Cuiaba, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 77722 (3). On p. 3 of separate. Appeared in more detail in Kner 1860:17 [p. 9 of separate], Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [ref. 7130]. •Valid as Gastropelecus stellatus Kner 1858 -- (Nión et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35565] dated 1858). •Valid as Thoracocharax stellatus (Kner 1858) -- (Weitzman 1960:220 [ref. 9611], Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Taphorn 1992:454 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:68 [ref. 24147], Lasso et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25928], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:17 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:72 [ref. 28131], Mirande 2010:468 [ref. 31006], Barriga Salazar 2014:106 [ref. 35745], Litz & Koerber 2014:9 [ref. 33622], Sarmiento et al. 2014:76, 186 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:15 [ref. 35117], DoNascimiento 2016:529 [ref. 34727], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2017:21 [ref. 35267], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35773], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Loureiro et al. 2023:50 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Thoracocharax stellatus (Kner 1858). Gasteropelecidae. Distribution: South America: Paraná, Amazon, and Orinoco River basins; widespread and in most South American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.