altuvei, Serrasalmus Ramírez [M. V.] 1965:1, Fig. (p. 3) [Evencias No. 14; ref. 20769] El Polvero, Río San José, Guárico, Venezuela. Holotype: MAC 65639. Paratypes: AFY 65307 (7); MAC 65627 (7); MBUCV-V-12144 [ex MAC 65641] (1). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:17 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Serrasalmus altuvei Ramírez 1965 -- (Jégu et al. 1991:97 [ref. 13589], Taphorn 1992:328 [ref. 23654], Merckx et al. 2000:197 [ref. 24718], Fink & Machado-Allison 2001:10 [ref. 25510], Machado-Allison 2002:68 [ref. 27640], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:190 [ref. 27061], Machado-Allison et al. 2009:128 [ref. 30953], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:84 [ref. 35773], Ota et al. 2024:422 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Serrasalmus altuvei Ramírez 1965. Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.