Species that contain: Hypselecara and coryphaenoides [ 5 ] records

arnoldi, Cichlasoma Ahl [E.] 1936:139 [Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1936 (nos 1-3); ref. 13681] Amazonas (Amazon River). Holotype (unique): ZMB 32382. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:95 [ref. 21847]. Paepke & Schindler 2013:266 [ref. 32895]. •Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:637 [ref. 27061]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

axelrodi, Chuco Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1971:15, Figs. [Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 20 (no. 4); ref. 7562] Río Aguaro, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 206097. Paratypes: USNM 206098 (4). Technically described earlier by Axelrod, H. 1971, Trop. Fish Hobby. v. 20 (no. 1), p. 5, with no types mentioned; apparently not intended as a new name proposal and perhaps should be suppressed. Also described as new in Fernández-Yépez 1977:73 [ref. 8934]. •Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:637 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

coryphaenoides, Heros Heckel [J. J.] 1840:373, Pl. 29 (figs. 9-12) [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Rio Negro, Maribitanos, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 17376. •Valid as Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840) -- (Lasso & Machado-Allison 2000:118 [ref. 27968] in Hypselacara, Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:637 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:100 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Distribution: Amazon River basin and Orinoco River basin: Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

niger, Centrarchus Jardine [W.] in Schomburgk 1843:159, Pl. 12 [The natural history of fishes of Guiana.--Part II; ref. 3948] Rio Negro. No types known. •Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:637 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.

niger, Heros Heckel [J. J.] 1840:375 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2; ref. 2064] Manaus, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NMW 17358. •Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840) -- (Kullander in Reis et al. 2003:637 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Hypselecara coryphaenoides (Heckel 1840). Cichlidae: Cichlinae. Habitat: freshwater.