niger, Charax Lucena [C. A. S. de] 1989:99, Fig. 3 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 15 (no. 4) [for 1988]; ref. 12852] Rio Amapá (canal do rio), Cachoeira Grande, Amapá, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 33422. Paratypes: MCP 11255 (5); MZUSP 33421 (1), 33424 (7), 33427 (6), 38303 (6), 33430 (3), 33431 (6?). Type catalog: Oyakawa 1996:455 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Charax niger Lucena 1989 -- (Lucena & Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:215 [ref. 33369], Melo et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34701], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:47 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Charax niger Lucena 1989. Characidae: Characinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Brazil, Colombia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.