Genera that contain: Charax [ 11 ] records

Anacyrtus Günther [A.] 1864:345 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Masc. Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus 1758. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Epicyrtus Müller & Troschel 1844, preoccupied by Epicyrtus Dejean 1833 in Coleoptera. •Objective synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Taphorn 1992:152 [ref. 23654], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Asiphonichthys Cope [E. D.] 1894:67 [American Naturalist v. 28 (no. 325); ref. 966] Masc. Asiphonichthys stenopterus Cope 1894. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Géry 1977:310 [ref. 1597], Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Malabarba 1989:132 [ref. 14217] based on placement of type species, Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Characinus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:269 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Masc. Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1917:66 [ref. 2407]. •Objective synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Taphorn 1992:152 [ref. 23654], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Charax Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:455 [Introductio ad historiam naturalem; ref. 3990] Masc. Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared without included species; first addition of species not researched; type designated by Eigenmann 1910:444 [ref. 1224] if gibbosus was an originally-included species. •Valid as Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Géry 1977:307 [ref. 1597], Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Lucena 1989 [ref. 12852], Malabarba 1989:132 [ref. 14217], Taphorn 1992:152 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:55 [ref. 24147], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Characinae, Mirande 2010:490 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:15 [ref. 31685], Menezes & Lucena 2014:193, 195 [ref. 33369], Menezes & Lucena 2014:193 [ref. 33369], Sarmiento et al. 2014:45, 184 [ref. 35004], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Guimarães et al. 2018:83 [ref. 35775]). Current status: Valid as Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Charax Risso [A.] 1827:353 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Masc. Charax acutirostris Delaroche 1809. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Charax Scopoli 1777 in fishes; replaced by Puntazzo Bleeker 1876. •Synonym of Puntazzo Bleeker 1876 -- (Tortonese 1973:413 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Diplodus Rafinescue 1810 -- (Parin 2003:S10 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:368 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2019:78 [ref. 36892]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Diplodus Rafinesque 1810. Sparidae.

Charaxodon Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1947:1 [Evencias (ser. 1) No. 3; ref. 4817] Masc. Charax metae Eigenmann 1922. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Géry 1977:309 [ref. 1597] based on placement of type species, Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Epicyrtus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:92 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Masc. Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Epicyrtus Dejean 1833 in Coleoptera, replaced by Anacyrtus Günther 1864. •Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Taphorn 1992:152 [ref. 23654], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:200 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Moralesia Fowler [H. W.] 1943:96 [Boletín del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" v. 7 (nos 24-25); ref. 1440] Fem. Anacyrtus tectifer Cope 1870. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Apparently preoccupied by Moralesia Espanol 1844 in Coleoptera [not researched], replaced by Moralesicus Fowler 1958. •Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777, but a valid subgenus Moralesia -- (Géry 1977:307 [ref. 1597]). •Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Moralesicus Fowler [H. W.] 1958:9 [Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 310; ref. 1470] Masc. Anacyrtus tectifer Cope 1870. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Moralesia Fowler 1943, preoccupied by Moralesia Espanol 1844 in Coleoptera [not researched]. •Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777 -- (Lucena 1987:26 [ref. 17724], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:201 [ref. 27061], Menezes & Lucena 2014:195 [ref. 33369]). Current status: Synonym of Charax Scopoli 1777. Characidae: Characinae.

Puntazzo Bleeker [P.] 1876:284 [Archives néerlandaises des sciences exactes et naturelles v. 11; ref. 447] Masc. Sparus acutirostris Delaroche 1809 (= Sparus puntazzo Cetti 1784). Type by being a replacement name. Based on Bleeker's style this is a replacement name for Charax Risso 1827, preoccupied by Charax Scopoli 1877 in fishes. •Valid as Puntazzo Bleeker 1876 -- (Tortonese 1973:413 [ref. 7192]). •Synonym of Diplodus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Parin 2003:S10 [ref. 28536], Parin et al. 2014:368 [ref. 33547], Parenti 2019:78 [ref. 36892]). Current status: Synonym of Diplodus Rafinesque 1810. Sparidae.

Semitapicis (subgenus of Curimatus) Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1889:417 [Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences v. 4 (no. 12); ref. 1254] Masc. Charax planirostris Gronow 1854. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Eigenmann 1910:422 [ref. 1224]. Type belongs in Curimata cyprinoides complex (see discussion in Vari 1984:14-16 [ref. 5307]). Semitapiscis Braga & Azpelicueta 1983:139, footnote on p. 140 [ref. 5308] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Semitapicis Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889 -- (Braga & Azpelicueta 1983:139 [ref. 5308]). •Synonym of Curimata Bosc 1817 -- (Vari 1989:6 [ref. 9189], Vari 1989:21 [ref. 13506], Taphorn 1992:408 [ref. 23654] as Semitapiscis, Vari in Reis et al. 2003:51 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Curimata Bosc 1817. Curimatidae.