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Species in the genus Cheirodon: [ 18 ] records

annae, Cheirodon McAtee [W. L.] in Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903:515 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 55; ref. 1260] South America. Holotype: CAS 59758 [ex IU 4301] (43-mm spec.). Paratypes: (14) CAS 59758 (9 of 10), FMNH 52602 (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:23 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Cheirodon pisciculus Girard 1855 -- (Campos 1982:136 [ref. 8500], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Cheirodon pisciculus Girard 1855. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

australe, Cheirodon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1928:44, Pl. 9 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 1245] Puerto Varas, Chile. Holotype: CAS 59762 [ex IU 15509]. Paratypes: (187) CAS 59763 [ex IU 15509] (127 + 3 c&s), 69186 [ex IU 15509] (24); USNM 84317 [ex IU] (12), 221998 [ex USNM 84317] (2, c&s). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:14 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Cheirodon australis Eigenmann 1928 [often seen as australe] -- (Campos 1982:146 [ref. 8500], Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Campos et al. 1996:69 [ref. 23440], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061] dated 1927, Mantinian et al. 2008:38 [ref. 34297]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon australis Eigenmann 1928. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Pacific versant basins in middle Chile. Habitat: freshwater.

felipponei, Pedalibrycon Fowler [H. W.] 1943:314, Figs. 4-6 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 95; ref. 1444] Río Gi, Departamento del Iluranto, Uruguay. Holotype: ANSP 70332. Paratypes: ANSP 67820 (1), 67831 (1, missing). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:46 [ref. 13621]. •In part a synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Malabarba 1989:133 [ref. 14217], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844]). •Valid as Odontostilbe felipponei (Fowler 1943) -- (Casciotta et al. 1992:8 [ref. 21059]). •Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

galusdae, Cheirodon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1928:44, Pl. 9 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences v. 22 (no. 2); ref. 1245] Río Locomilla at San Xavier, Chile. Holotype: CAS 59760 [ex IU 15506]. Paratypes: (110) CAS 59761 [ex IU 15506] (27); ?FMNH 77551 (3); USNM 84319 [ex IU] (9), 221997 [ex USNM 221997] (1, c&s). Plus additional material. Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:23 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:14 [ref. 19022]. Named for Piedro Galusda, a man. The spelling galusdae is acceptable as early workers almost certainly Latinized the name first, and then added an "e" (Art. 31.1.1) [WNE, 12 Mar. 2012] -- suggest using galusadae. •Valid as Cheirodon galusdae [sic] Eigenmann 1928 -- (Campos 1982:141 [ref. 8500], Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Casciotta et al. 1992:10 [ref. 21059], Ruiz & Berra 1994:14 [ref. 21384], Campos et al. 1996:69 [ref. 23440], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061] dated 1927, López et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27366] as cf. galusdae, Menni 2004:78 [ref. 28131], Mantinian et al. 2008:37 [ref. 34297] as galusdai). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon galusdae Eigenmann 1928. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: Pacific versant basins in southern Chile; possibly Argentina. Habitat: freshwater.

ibicuhiensis, Cheirodon interruptus var. Eigenmann [C. H.] 1915:74 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 1231] Cacequy [Cacequi], Rio Ibicuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Syntypes: CAS-SU 17515 [ex CM 6816] (1), FMNH 57833 [ex CM 6816] (7), 98573 [ex FMNH 57833] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:23 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:23 [ref. 12367]. Lectotype listed as FMNH 57883 [ex 6861] by Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061] but does not meet the requirements of the 1999 Code unless the code is emended. •Valid as Cheirodon ibicuhiensis Eigenmann 1915 -- (Malabarba 1989:133 [ref. 14217], Casciotta et al. 1992:10 [ref. 21059], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Mantinian et al. 2008:38 [ref. 34297], Miquelarena et al. 2008:61 [ref. 29829], Koerber 2011:2 [ref. 31122], Koerber 2014:3 [ref. 33621], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Petry et al. 2016:301 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35565], Loureiro et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon ibicuhiensis Eigenmann 1915. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Laguna dos Patos, Uruguay and Tramandaí River basins (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

interruptus, Tetragonopterus Jenyns [L.] 1842:127, Pl. 23 (fig. 4) [The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle; ref. 2344] Laguna del Diario, 34°54'S, 55°00'W, in Maldonado, Uruguay. Syntypes: BMNH 1917.7.14.16-17 (2). See Calviño 2007:40 [ref. 29380] for information on the type locality. •Valid as Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842), subspecies interruptus -- (Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Malabarba 1989:133 [ref. 14217], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808]). •Valid as Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Campos 1982:129 [ref. 8500], Casciotta et al. 1992:10 [ref. 21059], Haro et al. 1996:6 [ref. 25004], Dyer 2000:89 [ref. 26678], Zarske 2001:15 [ref. 25834], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27366], Casciotta et al. 2003:110 [ref. 28130], Menni 2004:78 [ref. 28131], Mantinian et al. 2008:37 [ref. 34297], Miquelarena et al. 2008:63 [ref. 29829], Mirande 2010:533 [ref. 31006], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Petry et al. 2016:301 [ref. 34966], Nión et al. 2016:28 [ref. 35565], Loureiro et al. 2023:59 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile (introduced) and Uruguay. Habitat: freshwater.

jaguaribensis, Cheirodon Fowler [H. W.] 1941:180, Fig. 91 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1437] Rio Jaguaribe, Russas, Ceará, Brazil. Holotype (unique): ANSP 69530. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:49 [ref. 13621] as possible synonym of Cheirodon piaba Lütken 1875. •Valid as Cheirodon jaguaribensis Fowler 1941 -- (Costa et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35684]). •Species incertae sedis in Characidae, valid but not Cheirodon -- ([various authors] in Reis et al. 2003:104 [ref. 27061], Chuctaya et al. 2024:130 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Uncertain as Cheirodon jaguaribensis Fowler 1941. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Jaguaribe River basin, northeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

kiliani, Cheirodon Campos [H.] 1982:154, Figs 10 [Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment v. 17 (nos 2-3); ref. 8500] Río Cau Cau, Chile. Holotype: IZUA 2340. Paratypes: IZUA 276 (50, c&s), 2341 (orig. 6); USNM 227309 [ex IZUA 2341] (1), 227310 [ex IZUA 2341] (1); plus additional material. Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:14 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Cheirodon kiliani Campos 1982 -- (Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Mantinian et al. 2008:38 [ref. 34297] as killiani). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon kiliani Campos 1982. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: Pacific versant rivers of Chile. Habitat: freshwater.

leuciscus, Cheirodon Ahl [E.] 1936:19 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 114 (nos 1/2); ref. 13683] Rosario de Sante Fé, Argentina. Lectotype: ZMB 20802. Paralectotypes: ZMB 32432 (3). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:92 [ref. 21847], Zarske & Géry 1995:108, Fig. 5 [ref. 22674]. Lectotype selected by Zarske & Géry 1995:108 [ref. 22674]. •Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Zarske & Géry 1995:118 [ref. 22674], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Zarske 2001:15 [ref. 25834], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

luelingi, Cheirodon Géry [J.] 1964:19, Fig. 16 [Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 1580] Small creek connecting "Zapote Cocha" and "Caño Yarina", on edge of Río Pacaya, tributary of lower Río Ucayali, Peru. Holotype: ZFMK 1417. Paratypes: MHNG 2150.16-17 (2), ZFMK 1418 (1). Type catalog: Busse 1984:219 [ref. 28342], Herder et al. 2010:116 [ref. 31087]. •Incertae sedis in Characidae -- (Reis et al. 2003:104 [ref. 27061], Chuctaya et al. 2024:130 [ref. 40817]). •Valid as Cheirodon luelingi Géry 1964 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Barriga Salazar 2014:106 [ref. 35745], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Uncertain as Cheirodon luelingi Géry 1964. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Peru and Ecuador). Habitat: freshwater.

macropterus, Cheirodon Fowler [H. W.] 1941:182, Fig. 92 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1437] Rio Jaguaribe, Russas, Ceará, Brazil. Holotype: ANSP 69531. Paratypes: ANSP 69532-37 (7), 69538 (1, c&s). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:50 [ref. 13621]. •Incertae sedis in Characidae, valid species but not in Cheirodon -- ([various authors] in Reis et al. 2003:104 [ref. 27061], Chuctaya et al. 2024:130 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Uncertain as Cheirodon macropterus (Fowler 1941). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

meinkeni, Cheirodon Ahl [E.] 1928:320 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 77 (nos 11/12) (art. 4); ref. 15831] East coast of South America, between Rio de Janeiro and Bahia [locality erroneous]. Lectotype: ZMB 20786. Paralectotype: ZMB 32433 (1). Lectotype selected by Zarske & Géry 1995:109 [ref. 22674] and illustrated in Fig. 6. •Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Zarske & Géry 1995:118 [ref. 22674], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Zarske 2001:15 [ref. 25834], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117], Chuctaya et al. 2024:129 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

monodon, Chirodon Cope [E. D.] 1894:91, Pl. 6 (fig. 9) [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 33; ref. 965] Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [probably Sistema da laguna dos Patos]. Lectotype: ANSP 21561. Paralectotypes: (2) ANSP 21562 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:51 [ref. 13621] as holotype and paratype. Original genus should have been Cheirodon. Lectotype established by Fowler 1906:332 [ref. 1373]. •Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Malabarba 1989:133 [ref. 14217], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117], Chuctaya et al. 2024:129 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

nigrifrons, Hyphessobrycon Ahl [E.] 1936:23 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 114 (nos 1/2); ref. 13683] Pará, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype (unique): ZMB 20800. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:92 [ref. 21847], Zarske & Géry 1995:113, Fig. 9 [ref. 22674]. •Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842) -- (Zarske & Géry 1995:119 [ref. 22674], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Litz & Koerber 2014:11 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:19 [ref. 35117]). Current status: Synonym of Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns 1842). Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Habitat: freshwater.

ortegai, Cheirodon Vari [R. P.] & Géry [J.] 1980:75, Figs. 1-2 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 93 (no. 1); ref. 8646] Woodland pool along Río Ucayali at Cocha Lobo, 5 kilometers downriver from Masisea, Province Coronel Portillo, Dept. Loreto, Peru. Holotype: AMNH 35950. Paratypes: AMNH 35951 (3, 1 c&s); BMNH 1977.6.9.138 (1); Géry coll. (3). •Valid as Cheirodon ortegai Vari & Géry 1980 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Malabarba & Weitzman 2000:278 [ref. 24413], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298]). •Incertae sedis in Characidae, valid but not in Cheirodon -- ([various authors] in Reis et al. 2003:104 [ref. 27061], Chuctaya et al. 2024:130 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Uncertain as Cheirodon ortegai Vari & Géry 1980. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Ucayali River drainage, western Amazon basin, Peru. Habitat: freshwater.

parahybae, Cheirodon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1915:70, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 1231] Rio Parahyba, Campos, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 57857 [ex CM 6841a]. Paratypes: (6) CAS 59728 [ex IU 14103] (1), CAS-SU 17518 [ex FMNH 57858, ex CM 6841a] (1), FMNH 57898 (5, now 4). Type catalog: Henn 1928:58 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:23 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:23 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Cheirodon ibicuhiensis Eigenmann 1915 -- (Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844]). •Valid as Cheirodon parahybae Eigenmann 1915 -- (Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon parahybae Eigenmann 1915. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

pisciculus, Cheirodon Girard [C. F.] 1855:199 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1819] Ponds in the vicinity of Santiago, Chile. No types known. •Valid as Cheirodon pisciculus Girard 1855 -- (Campos 1982:135 [ref. 8500], Pequeño 1989:40 [ref. 14125], Casciotta et al. 1992:10 [ref. 21059], Malabarba 1998:215 [ref. 23844], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Mantinian et al. 2008:37 [ref. 34297]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon pisciculus Girard 1855. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: Pacific versant of the Maipo, Aconcagua and Huasco River basins, and Estero Quintero, Chile. Habitat: freshwater.

stenodon, Cheirodon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1915:82, Fig. 30; Pl. 14 (fig. 2) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 1231] Bebedouro, near Rio Grande and Rio Paraná, Brazil. Holotype: FMNH 57865 [ex CM 6848a]. Paratypes: (over 30) CAS 59727 [ex IU 14106, CM 6849] (6), CAS-SU 17521 [ex FMNH 57866, ex CM 6849] (2), FMNH 57866 (28, now 26). Type catalog: Henn 1928:58 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:23 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:23 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Odontostilbe stenodon (Eigenmann 1915) -- (Casciotta et al. 1992:14 [ref. 21059], Gómez & Chebez 1996:51 [ref. 23791]). •Incertae sedis in Characidae, valid species in Reis et al.:2003:104 [ref. 27061]. •Valid as Cheirodon stenodon Eigenmann 1915 -- (Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Koerber et al. 2017:29 [ref. 35267], Azevedo-Santos et al. 2020:5 [ref. 39606] as 'Cheirodon' stenodon, Reis et al. 2020:458 [ref. 38364]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon stenodon Eigenmann 1915. Characidae: Cheirodontinae. Distribution: South America: Paraná River basin (Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay). Habitat: freshwater.