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Genera that contain: Colossoma [ 5 ] records

Colossoma Eigenmann [C. H.] & Kennedy [C. H.] 1903:530 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 55; ref. 1260] Neut. Myletes oculus Cope 1872. Type by original designation (in footnote). Also appeared in Eigenmann 1903 (Dec.):148 [ref. 1218]. Colosoma is a misspelling. •Valid as Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 -- (Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:254 [ref. 1597], Géry 1986:97 [ref. 6012], Machado-Allison 1986:1 [ref. 12757], Taphorn 1992:161 [ref. 23654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Minckley & Marsh 2009:103 [ref. 31114], Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Kottelat 2013:214 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903. Serrasalmidae: Colossomatinae.

Melloina Amaral Campos [A.] 1946:219 [Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo v. 7 (no. 17); ref. 107] Fem. Melloina tambaqui Amaral Campos 1946. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Meloina on p. 217, everywhere else as Melloina. •Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 -- (Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199], Taphorn 1992:161 [ref. 23654] as Mellonina, Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903. Serrasalmidae: Colossomatinae.

Piaractus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:148 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 45; ref. 1218] Masc. Myletes brachypomus Cuvier 1818. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Piarctus by Eigenmann & Allen 1942:247 [ref. 1246]. •Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903, but a valid subgenus Piaractus -- (Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199], Géry 1977:255 [ref. 1597]). •Valid as Piaractus Eigenmann 1903 -- (Géry 1986:97 [ref. 6012], Géry et al. 1987:441 [ref. 6001], Machado-Allison 1986:1 [ref. 12757], Taphorn 1992:298 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:62 [ref. 24147], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:187 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:6 [ref. 30267] in Serrasalmidae, Mirande 2010:471 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:11 [ref. 31685], Zhang et al. 2016:211 [ref. 34477], Esmaeili et al. 2018:54 [ref. 36089], Escobar L. et al. 2019:[1] [ref. 36745]). Current status: Valid as Piaractus Eigenmann 1903. Serrasalmidae: Colossomatinae.

Reganina Fowler [H. W.] 1907:475 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58 (for 1906); ref. 1374] Fem. Myletes bidens Spix & Agassiz 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 -- (Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199], Taphorn 1992:161 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Piaractus Eigenamnn 1903 -- (Taphorn 1992:298 [ref. 23654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:187 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Piaractus Eigenmann 1903. Serrasalmidae: Colossomatinae.

Waiteina (subgenus of Colossoma) Fowler [H. W.] 1907:473 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58 (for 1906); ref. 1374] Fem. Myletes nigripinnis Cope 1878. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Piaractus Eigenamnn 1903 -- (Taphorn 1992:298 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903 -- (Géry 1976:50 [ref. 14199] as Wateina, Taphorn 1992:161 [ref. 23654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:183 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903. Serrasalmidae: Colossomatinae.


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