venustus, Nematocharax Weitzman [S. H.], Menezes [N. A.] & Britski [H. A.] 1986:336, Figs. 1-4 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 99 (no. 2); ref. 5984] Rio Jequitinhonha at Itaobim, Minas Gerais, Município Medina, Brazil, 16°40'S, 41°23'W. Holotype: MZUSP 5131. Paratypes: ANSP 157373 (2); BMNH 1985.11.10.1-2 (2); FMNH 96633 (2); MNRJ 11.285 (4); MZUSP 28480 (1), 28481-28509 (29), 28661-28689 (29), 28690 (79, not 80), 28811 (18); UMMZ 213448 (4); USNM 232955 (6, 2 c&s), 232956 (8, not 7), 270816 (now 15 or 14). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:32 [ref. 19022], Oyakawa 1996:484-485 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Nematocharax venustus Weitzman, Menezes & Britski 1986 -- (Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:151 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2010:499 [ref. 31006], Branança et al. 2013:4 [ref. 32664], Menezes et al. 2015:453 [ref. 33689], Barreto et al. 2018:1152 [ref. 36378], Silva et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37809], Camelier 2024:239 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Nematocharax venustus Weitzman, Menezes & Britski 1986. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: coastal drainages of the north-eastern Atlantic Forest ecoregion (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.