galaxias, Tatia Mees [G. F.] 1974:85, Fig. 23 [Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) No. 132; ref. 2969] Caño de Quiribana into Río Orinoco, Venezuela. Holotype: CAS 6567. Paratypes: CAS 6568 (4); RMNH 26493 (2); MNHN 1898-0034 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:77 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym -- (see Soares-Porto 1998:333 [ref. 23848]). •Valid as Tatia galaxias Mees 1974 -- (Mees 1988:407, 410 [ref. 13382], Burgess 1989:242 [ref. 12860], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:477 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:77 [ref. 29155], Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro 2008:516 [ref. 29857], Pavanelli & Bifi 2009:200 [ref. 30255], Vari & Calegari 2014:673 [ref. 33612], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:86 [ref. 35633], Calegari et al. 2019:[82] [ref. 36961], Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro 2020:128 [ref. 37877]). Current status: Valid as Tatia galaxias Mees 1974. Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin: Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.