Species that contain: Chaetobranchus and flavescens [ 6 ] records

badiipinnis, Geophagus Cope [E. D.] 1872:251, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 9038. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:57 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander 1986:73 [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bruneus, Chaetobranchus Heckel [J. J.] 1840:405, Pl. 29 (figs. 17-20) [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Rio Negro. Holotype (unique): NMW 32941. Spelled brunneus in Günther 1862:310 [ref. 1969]. •Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander 1986:73 [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

cyanopterus, Centrarchus Jardine [W.] & Schomburgk [R. H.] in Schomburgk 1843:165, Pl. 16 [The natural history of fishes of Guiana.--Part II; ref. 3948] Essequibo River, Guyana. Originally Centrarchus ? cyanopterus. •Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander 1986:73 [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

flavescens, Chaetobranchus Heckel [J. J.] 1840:402 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Rio Guaporé, tributary of Rio Negro, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 16172 (1) Mato Grosso, 16428 (1) Mato Grosso, 32922 (1) Rio Negro, 32931 (1) Rio Guaporé, 32932 (1) Rio Guaporé, 32933 (1) Rio Guaporé, 58856 (1) Mato Grosso, 76431 (1) Mato Grosso; SMF 5410 [ex NMW] (1, dry). •Valid as Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:20 [ref. 9708], Kullander 1986:73 [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Keith et al. 2000:180 [ref. 24547], Lasso & Machado-Allison 2000:66 [ref. 27968], Lasso et al. 2001:101 [ref. 25928], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:118 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:125, 189 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:96 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:334 [ref. 38134], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:28 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Widespread in South America: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

robustus, Chaetobranchus Günther [A.] 1862:310 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Guyana. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1961.12.18:1. Syntypes: (1) ?ZMB 34500 (1). Type catalog: Kullander 1986:353 [ref. 12439], Paepke & Schindler 2013:264 [ref. 32895]. •Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander 1986:73 [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

ucayalensis, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:15, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Sarayacu, Peru. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9487. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:206 [ref. 20868], Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862], Kullander 1986:353 [ref. 12439]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840 -- (Kullander 1986:73 [ref. 12439], Kullander & Nijssen 1989:25 [ref. 14136], Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:620 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel 1840. Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.