Species that contain: Brycon and amazonicus [ 8 ] records

amazonicus, Chalceus Agassiz [L.] in Spix & Agassiz 1829:68, Pl. 35 [Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam; ref. 13] Rio Trombetas, igarapé Caxipacoré, Amazon River basin, Pará, Brazil, circa 0°34'S, 56°45'W. Neotype: INPA 3415. Name first published in Cuvier 1829:312 footnote [ref. 995] as Characinus amazonicus. Neotype designated by Lima 2017:122, 124 [ref. 35071] with discussion of the original type locality. See also Koerber 2021:93 [ref. 38172]. •Valid as Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Howes 1982:9 [ref. 14201], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061], Lima 2004:282 [ref. 27858], Sarmiento et al. 2014:44, 184 [ref. 35004], Lima 2017:112 [ref. 35071], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35633], Careaga et al. 2020:75 [ref. 37774], Koerber 2021:92, 93 [ref. 38172], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River and its main tributaries (Brazil, Peru and Bolivia); Orinoco River basin (Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela). Introduced in southeastern and central Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

capito, Brycon Cope [E. D.] 1872:261 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 8058. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:44 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Brycon capito Cope 1872 -- (Howes 1982:14 [ref. 14201], Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708]). •Synonym of Brycon cephalus (Günther 1869) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Lima 2017:112 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

carpophaga, Chalceus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:252 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Essequibo River, Guyana [in error, probably from the Amacuro River system, Guyana]. Lectotype: MNHN A-9832. Paralectotypes: MNHN 0098 (1), A-8615 (1). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:15 [ref. 19577]. Lectotype selected by Géry & Mahnert 1992:816 [ref. 27146]. MNHN A-8615 is apparently not this species (Géry & Mahnert 1992:816 [ref. 27146], Lima 2017:88 [ref. 35071]). •Valid as Brycon carpophaga (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Howes 1982:15 [ref. 14201] as carpophagus, Géry & Mahnert 1992:816 [ref. 27146] as carpophagus). •Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:112 [ref. 35071] as Spix & Agassiz). Current status: Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

cephalus, Megalobrycon Günther [A.] 1869:423, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 (pt 2); ref. 5780] Upper Amazon, Peru. Syntypes: BMNH 1869.5.21.1 (1), 1869.5.21.2 (1). •Valid as Brycon cephalus (Günther 1869) -- (Howes 1982:18 [ref. 14201], Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708], Géry & Mahnert 1992:802 [ref. 27146], Malabarba 1998:76 [ref. 23840], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:44, 184 [ref. 35004]). •Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Lima 2017:112 [ref. 35071], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35679]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

iquitensis, Brycon siebenthalae Nakashima [S.] 1941:69, Fig. [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 5 (no. 16); ref. 13189] Iquitos, Amazon system, Peru. Types: ?MHNJP [= MUSM], lost. •Status uncertain -- (Howes 1982:44 [ref. 14201]). •Synonym of Brycon cephalus (Günther 1869) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Lima 2017:113 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

longiceps, Brycon Steindachner [F.] 1879:150 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 15) (for 19 June 1879); ref. 20478] Bolivar, Río Orinoco, Venezuela. Syntypes: (several) NMW 62944 (3). Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1879:156 [p. 8 in separate], Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [ref. 18782]. •Valid as Brycon longiceps Steindachner 1879 -- (Howes 1982:32 [ref. 14201], Moscó Morales 1988:8 [ref. 20066]). •Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:112 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

pellegrini, Brycon Holly [M.] 1929:208 [Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 66 (no. 17) (for 4 July 1929); ref. 16089] Amazon, Manaos [Manaus], western Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 8963. Type catalog: Bogutskaya et al. 2022:47 [ref. 39277]. •Possibly a synonym of Brycon cephalus (Günther 1869) -- (Howes 1982:41 [ref. 14201]). •Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:113 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

siebenthalae, Brycon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:372, Pl. 54 (fig. 3) [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Mud Creek, Aruka River, Guyana. Holotype (unique): FMNH 53353 [ex CM 1819]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:60 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:19 [ref. 12367]. •Status uncertain -- (Howes 1982:44 [ref. 14201]). •Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:112 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon amazonicus (Agassiz 1829). Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.