Species that contain: Leporinus and alternus [ 1 ] records

alternus, Leporinus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1912:307 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 1227] Tukeit, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 53361 [ex CM 1827]. Paratypes: (14) BMNH 1911.10.31.466 (1); CAS 61863-64 [ex IU 12117-18] (1, 3); FMNH 7324 (1), 53360 (1), 53362 (3); MCZ 29924 [ex CM/IUM] (1); CAS-SU 21900 (1); USNM 66219 [ex CM] (1). Type catalog: Henn 1928:57 [ref. 12305], Böhlke 1953:25 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:51 [ref. 12367], Vari & Howe 1991:29 [ref. 19022]. •Synonym of Leporinus pellegrini Steindachner 1910 -- (Johannes 1999:15 [ref. 24121]). •Valid as Leporinus alternus Eigenmann 1912 -- (Garavello 2000:199 [ref. 24492], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Leporinus maculatus Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Géry et al. 1988:704 [ref. 27759], Mol et al. 2012:286 [ref. 32607]). Current status: Synonym of Leporinus maculatus Müller & Troschel 1844. Anostomidae. Habitat: freshwater.