geayi, Cheirodontops Schultz [L. P.] 1944:319, Figs. 42-43 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 95 (no. 3181); ref. 3960] Río Guárico and tributaries between San Sebastián and San Casimiro, Aragua state, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121507. Paratypes: CAS-SU 18144 [ex USNM 121508] (1), MCZ 37235 [ex USNM 121508] (1), UMMZ 145039 [ex USNM 121508] (1), USNM 121508 (now 3, orig. 6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:23 [ref. 12291], Vari & Howe 1991:15 [ref. 19022]. •Mention -- (Bührnheim & Malabarba 2006:193 [ref. 28728]). •Valid as Cheirodontops geayi Schultz 1944 -- (Taphorn 1992:158 [ref. 23654], Malabarba & Weitzman 1999:429 [ref. 24417], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:53 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:88 [ref. 35773], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodontops geayi Schultz 1944. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Venezuela and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.
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