xavante, Characidium da Graça [W. J.], Pavanelli [C. S.] & Buckup [P. A.] 2008:329, Figs. 4-5 [Copeia 2008 (no. 2); ref. 29629] Primavera do Leste, Córrego Xavante, on road from MT-130 to Culuene dam, upper Rio Xingu basin, 14°38'14"S, 53°55'38"W, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype: LIRP 5285. Paratypes: LIRP 3913 (34), 3982 (30); MNRJ 29167 (10), 29168 (2 C&S); MZUSP 87744 (20), 87745 (20); NUP 3887 (18), 3888 (19), 4107 (1 C&S), 4108 (1 C&S). Type catalog: Oliveira et al. 2022:5 [ref. 39255]. •Valid as Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup 2008 -- (Peixoto & Wosiacki 2013:56 [ref. 32558], Netto-Ferreira et al. 2013:366 [ref. 32717], Leitão & Buckup 2014:22 [ref. 33323], Zanata & Camelier 2014:341 [ref. 33380], Melo & Oyakawa 2015:288 [ref. 33788], Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira 2015:192 [ref. 33967], Zanata & Ohara 2015:373 [ref. 33970], Zanata & Camelier 2015:497 [ref. 33983], Zanata et al. 2015:381 [ref. 34023], Melo & Espíndola 2016:566 [ref. 34928], Zanata et al. 2018:84 [ref. 36279], Teixeira & Melo 2020:10 [ref. 37999], da Graça et al. 2021:3 [ref. 38676], Zanata et al. 2024:8 [ref. 41604]). Current status: Valid as Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup 2008. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: upper Xingu River basin, upper Tapajós River basin (Mato Grosso, Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.