pautensis, Hemibrycon Román-Valencia [C.], Ruiz-C. [R. I.] & Barriga Salazar [R. E.] 2006:212, Fig. 1 [Revista de Biología Tropical v. 54 (no. 1); ref. 28983] Paute River, Province Morona-Santiago, about 2°32'S, 78°25'W, eastern Ecuador. Holotype: MEPN 001549. Paratypes: MEPN 001548 (14). •Synonym of Hemibrycon polyodon (Günther 1864) -- (Bertaco & Malabarba 2010:756 [ref. 31076]). •Valid as Hemibrycon pautensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Barriga Salazar 2006 -- (Román-Valencia & Ruiz-C. 2007:124 [ref. 29189], Román-Valencia et al. 2007:185 [ref. 29496], Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa 2009:79 [ref. 30718], Román-Valencia et al. 2009:28 [ref. 30722], Barriga Salazar 2014:107 [ref. 35745], Román-Valencia et al. 2014:121 [ref. 33572], García-Alzate et al. 2015:96 [ref. 33838]). Current status: Valid as Hemibrycon pautensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Barriga Salazar 2006. Characidae: Stevardiinae. Distribution: South America: Paute River drainage, eastern Ecuador. Habitat: freshwater.