Species that contain: Brycon and falcatus [ 7 ] records

bicolor, Brycon Pellegrin [J.] 1909:12 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 14396] Río Orinoco, Venezuela. Syntypes: MNHN 1887-0746 to 0748 (3). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:16 [ref. 19577]. •Valid as Brycon bicolor Pellegrin 1909 -- (Howes 1982:11 [ref. 14201], Moscó Morales 1988:8 [ref. 20066], Taphorn 1992:128 [ref. 23654], Géry & Mahnert 1992:802 [ref. 27146], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:175 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Lima 2017:143 [ref. 35071], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[13] [ref. 35679]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

brevicauda, Brycon Günther [A.] 1864:335 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Rio Jocintins [= Tocantins] and Rio Capin [= Capim], Pará State, Brazil. Syntypes: BMNH 1849.11.8.48-49 (2), 1842.4.20.13 (right half skin). •Valid as Brycon brevicauda Günther 1864 -- (Howes 1982:14 [ref. 14201]). •Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:176 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:143 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

falcatus, Brycon Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:90 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Guyana and Suriname. Syntypes: ZMB 3601-03 (2, 1, 1). Possible syntypes: BMNH 1969.12.12.1-3 (3). Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:15, Pl. 4 (fig. 1a) [ref. 3071]. •Valid as Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Howes 1982:26 [ref. 14201], Moscó Morales 1988:7 [ref. 20066], Planquette et al. 1996:226 [ref. 22818], Malabarba 1998:76 [ref. 23840], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:176 [ref. 27061], Lima 2004:282 [ref. 27858], Mirande 2010:483 [ref. 31006], Phillip et al. 2013:16 [ref. 32896], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:44, 184 [ref. 35004], Lima 2017:142 [ref. 35071], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:63 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:86 [ref. 35773], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2022:30 [ref. 39235], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:455 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Distribution: South America: rivers draining the Brazilian and Guyana shields, western Amazon and Orinoco River basins (Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

labrosus, Chalceus Jardine [W.] in Schomburgk 1841:212, Pl. 13 (fig. 1) [The Natural history of fishes of Guiana; ref. 18707] Río Paduiri, Guyana [probably Rio Padauari, middle Rio Negro basin, Amazonas, Brazil]. No types known. Declared nomen oblitum by Lima 2017:155 [ref. 35071]. •Questionably a senior synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Howes 1982:26 [ref. 14201]). •Species inquirenda in Characidae, subfamily Bryconinae -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:178 [ref. 27061]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

matrinchao, Brycon Fowler [H. W.] 1941:192, Fig. 102 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 93; ref. 1437] Rio Parnahyba, Therezina, Piauhy, Brazil [in error, probably from the Amazon basin]. Holotype (unique): ANSP 69619. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:50 [ref. 13621]. •Questionably a synonym of Brycon brevicauda Günther 1864 -- (Howes 1982:14, 33 [ref. 14201]). •Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:176 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:143 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

schomburgkii, Brycon Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:91 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Guyana. Holotype (unique): ZMB 3604. Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:16, Pl. 6 (fig. 2a) [ref. 3071]. Possibility of syntypes needs research. •Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Howes 1982:26, 44 [ref. 14201], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:176 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:143 [ref. 35071]). Current status: Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.

stuebelii, Brycon Steindachner [F.] 1882:176 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 19 (no. 19); ref. 20487] Iquitos, Upper Amazon River, Peru. Holotype (unique): MTD F 380. Type catalog: Zarske 2003:16 [ref. 27474]. Species originally spelled as Stübelii but correction is mandatory; later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1882:13, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [ref. 14353]. •Valid as Brycon stuebelii Steindachner 1882 -- (Howes 1982:45 [ref. 14201], Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708] as stubelii). •Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:176 [ref. 27061], Lima 2017:143 [ref. 35071] as stübelli). Current status: Synonym of Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Habitat: freshwater.