Species that contain: Chalceus and macrolepidotus [ 4 ] records

ararapeera, Chalceus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:244 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Essequibo, Guyana. Syntypes: MNHN A-9830 (2). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:9 [ref. 19577]. •Synonym of Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier 1818 -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:121 [ref. 27061], Zanata & Toledo-Piza 2004:110 [ref. 27480]). Current status: Synonym of Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier 1818. Chalceidae. Habitat: freshwater.

iquitensis, Chalceus macrolepidotus Nakashima [S.] 1941:76, Fig. [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 5 (no. 16); ref. 13189] Surrounds of Iquitos, Amazon system, northeastern Peru. Syntypes: ?MHNJP [= MUSM] (lost). Apparently as a subspecies of Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier 1817. •Synonym of Chalceus erythrurus (Cope 1870) -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:121 [ref. 27061], Zanata & Toledo-Piza 2004:115 [ref. 27480]). Current status: Synonym of Chalceus erythrurus (Cope 1870). Chalceidae. Habitat: freshwater.

macrolepidotus, Chalceus Cuvier [G.] 1818:454, Pl. 21 (fig. 1) [Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 4; ref. 1016] Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2634. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:9 [ref. 19577]. Date apparently 1818, seen as 1816 and 1817. •Valid as Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier 1818 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708], Géry et al. 1991:43 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:230 [ref. 22818], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:121 [ref. 27061], Zanata & Toledo-Piza 2004:108 [ref. 27480], Mirande 2010:474 [ref. 31006], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:73 [ref. 38133], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:20 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507]). Current status: Valid as Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier 1818. Chalceidae. Distribution: South America: Negro and Orinoco River basins, and coastal rivers of northern South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

pellegrini, Creagrutus Puyo [J.] 1943:143 [3], Fig. 2 [Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse v. 78 (no. 3); ref. 13072] Upper Itany and upper Maoruni [Maroni] system, French Guiana. Syntypes: (lost). On p. 3 of separate. •Evidently based on a Chalceus species -- (Vari & Harold 2001:3, 43 [ref. 25842]). •Synonym of Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier 1818 -- (Lima in Reis et al. 2003:121 [ref. 27061], Zanata & Toledo-Piza 2004:110 [ref. 27480]). Current status: Synonym of Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier 1818. Chalceidae. Habitat: freshwater.