Species that contain: Bryconamericus and beta [ 2 ] records

beta, Bryconamericus Eigenmann [C. H.] in Eigenmann, Henn & Wilson 1914:7 [Indiana University Studies No. 19; ref. 1259] Villavicencio, Orinoco River system, Colombia. Holotype: FMNH 56648 [ex CM 5465]. Paratypes: (9) CAS 39492 [ex IU 13158] (4), FMNH 56649 (4). Type catalog: Henn 1928:62 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:17 [ref. 12367]. •Valid as Bryconamericus beta Eigenmann 1914 -- (Taphorn 1992:137 [ref. 23654], Galvis et al. 1997:43 [ref. 23651], Silva in Reis et al. 2003:115 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento 2016:537 [ref. 34727]). •Synonym of Bryconamericus alpha Eigenmann 1914 -- (Román-Valencia 2003:37 [ref. 26840]). •Synonym of Knodus alpha (Eigenmann 1914) -- (Ferreira 2024:210 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Knodus alpha (Eigenmann 1914). Characidae: Stevardiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

motatanensis, Bryconamericus beta Schultz [L. P.] 1944:341, Fig. 50 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 95 (no. 3181); ref. 3960] Río San Juan at bridge south of Mene Grande, Motatán system, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121477. Paratypes: USNM 121478 (orig. 77, now 74), 121479-80 (10, 1), 121481 (orig. 45, now 35, 1 missing); MHNG (2) [through Géry, ex USNM 121478] (2); MCZ 37291 [ex USNM 121481] (5); UMMZ 145030 [ex USNM 121481] (5). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:9-10 [ref. 19022]. •Valid as Bryconamericus motatanensis Schults 1944 -- (Román-Valencia 2003:29 [ref. 27037], Román-Valencia 2003:7 [ref. 27070], Silva in Reis et al. 2003:117 [ref. 27061], Román-Valencia 2002:209 [ref. 27206], Román-Valencia 2003:482 [ref. 27478], Román-Valencia 2005:60 [ref. 28949], Thomaz et al. 2015:Add. 5 [ref. 33893] genus uncertain, DoNascimiento 2016:528 [ref. 34727]). Current status: Valid as Bryconamericus motatanensis Schultz 1944. Characidae: Stevardiinae. Distribution: Orinoco and Lake Maracaibo basins, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.