Species that contain: Gasteropelecus and sternicla [ 6 ] records

argenteus, Gasteropelecus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:476, 477 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Suriname; Carolinas, U.S.A. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

coronatus, Gasteropelecus Allen [W. R.] in Eigenmann & Allen 1942:267, Pl. 14 (fig. 4) [Fishes of western South America; ref. 1246] Brook, Río Itaya near Iquitos, Amazon system, Peru. Holotype: CAS 20671. Paratypes: (5) CAS 20672 (4). •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

gasteropelecus, Salmo Pallas [P. S.] 1770:50 [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 8); ref. 12293] Suriname. No types known. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

marowini, Gasteropelecus sternicla Hoedeman [J. J.] 1952:10 [Beaufortia v. 1 (no. 20); ref. 12774] Marowini basin, Suriname. Holotype: RMNH 19339. Paratypes: RMNH 19513 (24). •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:224 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

morae, Gasteropelecus sternicla Hoedeman [J. J.] 1952:11 [Beaufortia v. 1 (no. 20); ref. 12774] Mora Passage, Guyana. Holotype (unique): ZMA 100341. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:18 [ref. 19236]. •Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:223 [ref. 9611], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Habitat: freshwater.

sternicla, Clupea Linnaeus [C.] 1758:319 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Suriname. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.211 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:209, Pl. 29 (fig. 3) [ref. 13434]. •Valid as Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weitzman 1960:222 [ref. 9611], Ortega & Vari 1986:10 [ref. 9708], Planquette et al. 1996:186 [ref. 22818], Lasso et al. 2001:96 [ref. 25928], Weitzman & Palmer in Reis et al. 2003:102 [ref. 27061], Phillip et al. 2013:15 [ref. 32896], Barriga Salazar 2014:106 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:75, 186 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35633], Guimarães et al. 2017:73 [ref. 36427], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:15 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Koerber et al. 2022:31 [ref. 39235], Vieira et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40759]). Current status: Valid as Gasteropelecus sternicla (Linnaeus 1758). Gasteropelecidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon River basin (Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana and northern Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.