meridae, Knodus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1911:216 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 7 (no. 38) (art. 24); ref. 1225] Merida, Venezuela. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1908.5.29.148. •Valid as Bryconamericus meridae (Eigenmann 1911) -- (Galvis et al. 1997:42 [ref. 23651], Román-Valencia 2002:209 [ref. 27206], Román-Valencia 2003:7 [ref. 27070], Román-Valencia 2003:482 [ref. 27478], Román-Valencia 2005:58 [ref. 28949], Román-Valencia et al. 2008:24 [ref. 29743], Román-Valencia et al. 2009:2 [ref. 30393], Román-Valencia 2010:201 [ref. 31063]). •Valid as Knodus meridae Eigenmann 1911 -- (Silva in Reis et al. 2003:143 [ref. 27061], Ferreira & Lima 2006:635 [ref. 28919], Baicere-Silva et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31395], Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira 2010:470 [ref. 30882], Román-Valencia et al. 2013:129 [ref. 32807], Esguícero & Castro 2014:47 [ref. 33506], Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35633], Dos Anjos de Sousa et al. 2020:583 [ref. 37361], Deprá et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38180]). Current status: Valid as Knodus meridae Eigenmann 1911. Characidae: Stevardiinae. Distribution: South America: Merida, Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.