Species that contain: Catoprion and mento [ 2 ] records

macropterus, Mylesinus Ulrey [A. B.] 1894:612 [American Naturalist v. 28 (no. 331); ref. 12356] Brazil. Holotype (unique): CUMV 3267. Species was originally described on a single specimen as above, later described as new based on two specimens in Ulrey 1895:296 [ref. 12371]. •Synonym of Catoprion mento (Cuvier 1819) -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27061], Mateussi et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37676], Ota et al. 2024:405 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Catoprion mento (Cuvier 1819). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

mento, Serrasalmus Cuvier [G.] 1819:369, Pl. 28 (fig. 3) [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie v. 5; ref. 1017] Brazil [from the Cabinet d'Ajuda, Lisbon]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9869 (poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:28-29 [ref. 19577]. •Valid as Catoprion mento (Cuvier 1819) -- (Géry 1972:207 [ref. 1594], Taphorn 1992:149 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:58 [ref. 24147], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27061], Sarmiento et al. 2014:87, 186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:36 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:84 [ref. 35773], Mateussi et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37676], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Ota et al. 2024:404 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Catoprion mento (Cuvier 1819). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Distribution: South America: western Amazon, Orinoco and upper Paraguay River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.