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Species in the genus Characodon: [ 3 ] records

audax, Characodon Smith [M. L.] & Miller [R. R.] 1986:3, Figs. 2-3 [American Museum Novitates No. 2851; ref. 5711] Pond at El Ojo de Agua de Las Mujeres, near the village of El Toboso (24°16'35"N, 104°34'50"W), Durango, Mexico. Holotype: UMMZ 213302. Paratypes: AMNH 57006 (20); ANSP 157641 (20); UMMZ 211061 (36), 213303 (1, allotype), 213312 (168), 213319 (4); USNM 274718 (20). •Valid as Characodon audax Smith & Miller 1986 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:40 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:107 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:278 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:27 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:104 [ref. 32708], Huber 2019:25 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:134 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Characodon audax Smith & Miller 1986. Goodeidae: Goodeinae. Distribution: North America: El Ojo de Agua de Las Mujeres, Durango (Mexico). Habitat: freshwater.

garmani, Characodon Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1898:2831 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2445] Parras, Coahuila [possibly Durango city, Durango], Mexico. Holotype (unique): MCZ 27704. •Valid as Characodon garmani Jordan & Evermann 1898 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:40 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:107 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:279 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:27 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:104 [ref. 32708], Huber 2019:25 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:135 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Characodon garmani Jordan & Evermann 1898. Goodeidae: Goodeinae. Distribution: North America: near Parras, northern part of Meso Central (Mexico) [extinct]. Habitat: freshwater.

lateralis, Characodon Günther [A.] 1866:308 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Central America [probably upper Río Mezquital basin, Sonoran Plateau, Mexico]. Syntypes: (at least 9) BMNH 1855.9.19.317-320 (4, lost), 1855.9.19.1566-1569 (4, lost). •Valid as Characodon lateralis Günther 1866 -- (Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:40 [ref. 22290], Nelson et al. 2004:107 [ref. 27807], Miller 2006:279 [ref. 28615], Scharpf 2007:27 [ref. 30398], Page et al. 2013:104 [ref. 32708], Huber 2019:25 [ref. 36941], Lyons et al. 2019:134 [ref. 37104]). Current status: Valid as Characodon lateralis Günther 1866. Goodeidae: Goodeinae. Distribution: North America: headwaters of Río Mezquital, Durango state (Pacific slope of Mexico). Habitat: freshwater.