epicharis, Hyphessobrycon Weitzman [S. H.] & Palmer [L.] 1997:214, Figs. 1-4 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 7 (no. 3); ref. 22743] Río Baria head waters, 3 kilometers downstream from Neblina base camp, Amazonas, Venezuela, 0°55'N, 66°10'W, elevation 120 meters. Holotype: MBUCV-V-20800. Paratypes: AMNH 59336-40 (6, 12, 18, 1, 110); ANSP 167762 (25); CAS 75430 (55); FMNH 100609 (25); MBUCV-V 20801-02 (7, 220); MCZ 56849 (72); MHNG 2516.56 (55); MZUSP 27792 (2), 42379 (55); UMMZ 218698 (110); USNM 272354 (283), 272358 (4), 272362 (172), 315611 (6). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24196]. •Valid as Hyphessobrycon epicharis Weitzman & Palmer 1997 -- (Lima & Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:136 [ref. 27061], Hein 2009:3 [ref. 30362], García-Alzate et al. 2017:125 [ref. 35253], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35633], Guimarães et al. 2020:106 [ref. 37899]). •Valid as Megalamphodus epicharis (Weitzman & Palmer 1997) -- (Melo et al. 2024:21 [ref. 41541]). Current status: Valid as Megalamphodus epicharis (Weitzman & Palmer 1997). Acestrorhamphidae: Megalamphodinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.
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