Leporinus Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1829:58, 65 Masc. Leporinus novemfasciatus Spix & Agassiz 1829 (= Salmo fasciatus Bloch 1794). Type by monotypy. L. novemfasciatus is an unneeded substitute for and objective synonym of S. fasciatus Bloch. For authorship and date see Kottelat 1988:78 [ref. 13380]. •Valid as Leporinus Agassiz 1829 -- (Géry 1977:155 [ref. 1597], Vari 1983:5 [ref. 5419], Géry et al. 1987:383 [ref. 6001], Garavello & Britski 1987 [ref. 6851], Garavello 1988 [ref. 14272], Garavello 1989 [ref. 14273], Malabarba 1989:126 [ref. 14217], Garavello 1990 [ref. 14314], Garavello & Santos 1992:112 [ref. 20885], Taphorn 1992:39 [ref. 23654], Mahnert et al. 1997:837 [ref. 23282], Britski 1997:27 [ref. 24113], Britski et al. 1999:77 [ref. 24147], Garavello 2000:193 [ref. 24492], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27061], Britski & Birindelli 2008:45 [ref. 29578], Santos & Zuanon 2008:36 [ref. 29701], Sidlauskas & Vari 2008:75 [ref. 29786], Birindelli & Britski 2009: 1 [ref. 30144], Garavello & Santos 2009:109 [ref. 30137], Britski et al. 2011:59 [ref. 31499], Feitosa et al. 2011:55 [ref. 31661], Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Birindelli et al. 2013:9 [ref. 32698], Britski & Birindelli 2013:25 [ref. 32699], Birindelli & Britski 2013:1128 [ref. 33171], Garavello et al. 2014:317 [ref. 33378], Sarmiento et al. 2014:183 [ref. 35004], Burns et al. 2014:206 [ref. 33354], Britski & Birindelli 2016:26 [ref. 34393], Bertaco et al. 2016:411 [ref. 34561], Birindelli et al. 2016:97 [ref. 34843], Burns et al. 2017:1 [ref. 35416], Britski & Birindelli 2019:183 [ref. 36700], Birindelli et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36868], Ito et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40545]). Current status: Valid as Leporinus Agassiz 1829. Anostomidae.