Species that contain: Metynnis and hypsauchen [ 4 ] records

calichromus, Metynnis Ahl [E.] 1924:18, Fig. 1 [Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin v. 11 (no. 1); ref. 19929] Lago de Faro, Jamunda, lower Amazon, Brazil. Holotype: ZMB 20674. Paratypes: ZMB 32498 (1). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:92 [ref. 21847]. •Synonym of Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Zarske & Géry 1999:198 [ref. 23984], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27061], Ota et al. 2024:407 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

ehrhardti, Metynnis Ahl [E.] 1927:273 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 69 (nos 11/12) (art. 1); ref. 15754] Mundurucú, Rio Manacapuru, Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil. Lectotype: ZMB 23685. Paralectotype: ZMB 32435 (1). Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:92 [ref. 21847]. Lectotype selected by Zarske & Géry 1999:210 [ref. 23984]. •Synonym of Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Zarske & Géry 1999:211 [ref. 23984], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27061], Zarske & Géry 2008:175 [ref. 29917], Ota et al. 2024:407 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.

hypsauchen, Myletes Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:97 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Guyana. Lectotype: ZMH 2865. Paralectotypes: ?BMNH 1971.5.10.60 (1); ZMB 3641 (1), 3642 (1). Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:156 [ref. 22013]. Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:23 [ref. 3071]. Lectotype selected by Géry 1972:190 [ref. 1594]. •Valid as Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Géry 1972:190 [ref. 1594], Ortega & Vari 1986:8 [ref. 9708], Taphorn 1992:257 [ref. 23654], Zarske & Géry 1999:173 [ref. 23984], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27061], Zarske & Géry 2008:175 [ref. 29917], Pavanelli et al. 2009:141 [ref. 30246], Sarmiento et al. 2014:89, 186 [ref. 35004], Ota et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35002], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:162 [ref. 38133], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Ota et al. 2024:407 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Paraguay River basins and northern Guiana Shield rivers (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

schreitmuelleri, Metynnis calichromus Ahl [E.] in Schreitmüller & Ahl 1922:265, Abb. 1 [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 19 (no. 14); ref. 21848] Amazon River, South America. Holotype (unique): ZMB 20664. Types mentioned: Paepke 1995:92 [ref. 21847]. Original as Schreitmülleri. Also in Ahl 1923:19 [ref. 19929]. •Synonym of Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Zarske & Géry 1999:196 [ref. 23984], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:184 [ref. 27061], Zarske & Géry 2008:190 [ref. 29917], Ota et al. 2024:407 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Metynnis hypsauchen (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Serrasalminae. Habitat: freshwater.