validus, Astyanax Géry [J.], Planquette [P.] & Le Bail [P.-Y.] 1991:46, Pl. 15 (fig. 1) [Cybium v. 15 (no. 1, suppl.); ref. 21021] Blanche creek, Comté River, French Guiana. Holotype: MHNG 2435.77. Paratypes: (4) MTD F 27526 [ex Géry coll.] (1). Type catalog: Weber 1998:7 [ref. 32707], Zarske 2003:15 [ref. 27474]. •Valid as Astyanax validus Géry, Planquette & Le Bail 1991 -- (Planquette et al. 1996:252 [ref. 22818], Garutti 1998:121 [ref. 23797], Garutti 1999:587 [ref. 24920], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:113 [ref. 27061], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[12] [ref. 35679], Brosse et al. 2019:134 [ref. 38320]). Current status: Valid as Astyanax validus Géry, Planquette & Le Bail 1991. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: French Guiana. Habitat: freshwater.