Species that contain: Aphyocharax and pusillus [ 2 ] records

alburnus, Chirodon Günther [A.] 1869:424, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 (pt 2); ref. 5780] Amazon River, Peru. Lectotype: BMNH 1869.5.21.10. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1869.5.21.11-13 (3). Original genus should have been Cheirodon. Lectotype selected by Brito et al. 2018:396 [ref. 36071]. •Valid as Aphyocharax alburnus (Günther 1869) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708], Taphorn 1992:107 [ref. 23654], Gómez & Chebez 1996:49 [ref. 23791], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:197 [ref. 27061], Willink et al. 2003:5 [ref. 26755], López et al. 2003:20 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:76 [ref. 28131], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:43, 183 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:86 [ref. 35773]). •Synonym of Aphyocharax pusillus Günther 1868 -- (Brito et al. 2018:394 [ref. 36071], Brito et al. 2019:515 [ref. 37042]). Current status: Synonym of Aphyocharax pusillus Günther 1868. Characidae: Aphyocharacinae. Habitat: freshwater.

pusillus, Aphyocharax Günther [A.] 1868:480 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6) (art. 56); ref. 1992] Xeberos or Río Huallaga, Amazon system, Peru. Syntypes: (1) BMNH 1867.6.13.46, (2) BMNH 1867.6.13.58-59. Also published in Günther (Sept.) 1868:245 [ref. 5756]. •Valid as Aphyocharax pusillus Günther 1868 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:198 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:109 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:43, 183 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35633], Brito et al. 2018:394 [ref. 36071], Brito et al. 2019:515 [ref. 37042], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Aphyocharax pusillus Günther 1868. Characidae: Aphyocharacinae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia). Habitat: freshwater.