curupira, Hoplias Oyakawa [O. T.] & Mattox [G. M. T.] 2009:125, Fig. 5 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 30225] Rio Itacaiúas, Caldeirão, Serra dos Carajás, 5°45'S, 50°30'W, Tocantins basin, Pará State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 45582. Paratypes: INPA 26893 (3); MCP 41288 (4); MNRJ 30395 (4); MZUSP 22283 (4), 33481 (1). Plus non-type material. Name is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox 2009 -- (Blanco et al. 2010:361 [ref. 30964], Mattox et al. 2014:343 [ref. 33381], Rosso et al. 2016:206 [ref. 34785], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:35 [ref. 35633], Rosso et al. 2018:249 [ref. 36203], Guimarães et al. 2021:16 [ref. 38947], Koerber et al. 2022:15 [ref. 39235], Taphorn et al. 2022:24 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Hoplias curupira Oyakawa & Mattox 2009. Erythrinidae. Distribution: South America: rivers of Amazon basin (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.