phaeonota, Moenkhausia Fink [W. L.] 1979:2, Figs. 1-2 [Breviora No. 450; ref. 8835] Shores of an island "below Rio dos Peixes", Rio Arinos, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 13793. Paratypes: ANSP 135924 (1), BMNH 1978.9.12.1 (1), CAS 41707 (1), FMNH 83856 (1), MCZ 54087 (3), MZUSP 13794-5 (1, 1), USNM 218798 (22 not 20, 1 c&s), ZMA 115273 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:22 [ref. 19236], Böhlke 1984:52 [ref. 13621], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:57 [ref. 12367], Oyakawa 1996:482 [ref. 23140]. •Valid as Moenkhausia phaeonota Fink 1979 -- (Benine 2002:293 [ref. 26541], Benine in Reis et al. 2003:149 [ref. 27061], Benine et al. 2004:72 [ref. 27502], Lima & Birindelli 2006:57 [ref. 28635], Sousa et al. 2010:262 [ref. 30863], Marinho et al. 2014:263 [ref. 33372], Pastana & Dagosta 2014:395 [ref. 33384], Marinho et al. 2016:248 [ref. 34376], Petrolli et al. 2016:168 [ref. 34395], Lima & Flausino 2016:94 [ref. 34408], Azevedo-Santos & Benine 2016:208 [ref. 34837], Marinho & Benine 2024:233 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Moenkhausia phaeonota Fink 1979. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.