Species that contain: Myleus and pacu [ 5 ] records

divaricatus, Myletes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:215 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Essequibo River, Guyana. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8629 [dry]. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:27 [ref. 19577]. •Questionably a synonym of Myleus pacu (Jardine & Schomburgk 1841) -- (Géry 1972:178 [ref. 1594], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654]). •Synonym of Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Jégu & Santos 2002:37 [ref. 26050], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:186 [ref. 27061], Andrade et al. 2016:491 [ref. 34140], Andrade et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35880], Ota et al. 2024:412 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel 1844. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Habitat: freshwater.

pacu, Myletes Jardine [W.] in Schomburgk 1841:236, Pls. 20-21 [The Natural history of fishes of Guiana; ref. 18707] Essequibo River, Guyana. No types known. •Valid as Myleus pacu (Jardine 1841) -- (Géry 1972:178 [ref. 1594], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654] as cf. pacu, Planquette et al. 1996:366 [ref. 22818], Jégu & Santos 2002:52 [ref. 26050], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[2] [ref. 35679] with authors as Jardine & Schomburgk). •Species inquirenda in Myleus -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:187 [ref. 27061], Ota et al. 2024:412 [ref. 40817]). Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Habitat: freshwater.

setiger, Myleus Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:98 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Guiana. Lectotype: ZMB 3634. Paralectotype: BMNH 1971.5.10.65 (1, skin). Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:24, Pl. 11 (fig. 1) [ref. 3071]. Lectotype selected by Jégu & Santos 2002:37 [ref. 26050]. •Synonym of Myleus pacu Jardine & Schomburgk 1841 -- (Géry 1972:178 [ref. 1594], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Jégu & Santos 2002:37 [ref. 26050], Jégu et al. 2002:270 [ref. 26654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:186 [ref. 27061], Zarske & Géry 2008:178 [ref. 29917], Andrade et al. 2013:304 [ref. 32757], Sarmiento et al. 2014:187 [ref. 35004], Andrade et al. 2016:490 [ref. 34140], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35633], Andrade et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35880], Ota et al. 2024:412 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Myleus setiger Müller & Troschel 1844. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Distribution: South America: tributaries of lower and middle Amazon River basin, orinoco River basin, upper Orinoco River and tributaries, and northern and eastern Guiana Shield rivers: Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

trilobatus, Tometes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:226 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Cayenne, French Guiana. Lectotype: MNHN A-8650 (dry). Paralectotype: MNHN A-8649 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:27 [ref. 19577] as holotype. Holotype designation, as MNHN A-8650 (dry) is erroneous according to Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:192 [ref. 27061]. Lectotype selected by Jégu et al. 2002:102 [ref. 40851]. •Synonym of Myleus pacu (Jardine & Schomburgk 1841) -- (Géry 1972:178 [ref. 1594], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654]). •Valid as Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Keith et al. 2000:14 [ref. 24547], Jégu & Santos 2002:53 [ref. 26050], Jégu et al. 2002:46 [ref. 26274], Jégu et al. 2002:102 [ref. 40851], Jégu et al. 2002:270 [ref. 26654], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:192 [ref. 27061], Andrade et al. 2013:298 [ref. 32757], Andrade et al. 2016:491 [ref. 34140], Andrade et al. 2017:17 [ref. 35291], Ota et al. 2024:431 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes 1850. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Distribution: South America: northeastern Guiana Shield rivers, Brazil and French Guiana. Habitat: freshwater.

unilobatus, Tometes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:228 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Cayenne, French Guiana. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8651 (dry). Type catalog: Bertin 1948:27 [ref. 19577]. •Synonym of Myleus pacu (Jardine & Schomburgk 1841) -- (Géry 1972:178 [ref. 1594], Taphorn 1992:278 [ref. 23654]). •Possibly valid as Tometes unilobatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Jégu & Santos 2002:53 [ref. 26050]). •Synonym of Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes 1850 -- (Keith et al. 2000:14 [ref. 24547], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:192 [ref. 27061], Andrade et al. 2016:491 [ref. 34140], Ota et al. 2024:431 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes 1850. Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Habitat: freshwater.