euspilurus, Deuterodon Fowler [H. W.] 1945:102, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 97; ref. 1454] Morelia, Río Caquetá drainage, Colombia [probably Bodoquero River, near the town of Morelia]. Holotype: ANSP 71679. Paratypes: ANSP 71680-84 (5), 71685 (1, missing). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:46 [ref. 13621]. Specific name (with well-spotted tail) treated as a declinable adjective. •Synonym of Odontostilbe fugitiva Cope 1870 -- (Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:218 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Odontostilbe euspilura (Fowler 1945) [often seen as euspilurus] -- (Bührnheim & Malabarba 2006:193 [ref. 28728], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Chuctaya et al. 2020:10 [ref. 37856], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:19 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya & Malabarba 2024:240 [ref. 40817] as euspilurus). Current status: Valid as Odontostilbe euspilura (Fowler 1945). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon basin (Colombia, Peru and Ecuador). Habitat: freshwater.