Species that contain: Myleus and rubripinnis [ 4 ] records

asterias, Myletes Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:98 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Essequibo River, Guyana. Lectotype: ZMB 3646. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1971.5.10.61-62 (2); ZMB 3645 (1) Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:24, Pl. 10 (fig. 2) [ref. 3071]. Lectotype selected by Jégu et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27829]. •Questionably a synonym of Myleus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Géry 1972:162 [ref. 1594]). •Valid as Myleus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:30 [ref. 37559], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Melo et al. 2016:374 [ref. 35317]). •Valid as Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Keith et al. 2000:14 [ref. 24547], Jégu 2001:386 [ref. 25923], López et al. 2003:33 [ref. 27366], Jégu et al. 2003:849 [ref. 27668], Jégu et al. 2004:123, 127 [ref. 27829], Menni 2004:79 [ref. 28131], Sarmiento et al. 2014:187 [ref. 35004], Azpelicueta & Koerber 2015:42 [ref. 33654], Andrade et al. 2016:164 [ref. 34307], Andrade et al. 2016:579 [ref. 34960], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35633], Andrade et al. 2018:120 [ref. 35868], Andrade et al. 2019:[8] [ref. 37167], Silvano et al. 2020:169 [ref. 38133], Koerber et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39235], Ota et al. 2024:413 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Distribution: South America: Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Guyana. Habitat: freshwater.

ellipticus, Myletes Günther [A.] 1864:375 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Guyana. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.21.33 (1) Essequibo R., 1971.5.10.63 (1). •Questionably a synonym of Myleus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Géry 1972:162 [ref. 1594]). •Synonym of Myleus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Jégu et al. 2004:127, 128 [ref. 27829], Andrade et al. 2016:579 [ref. 34960], Andrade et al. 2018:120 [ref. 35868], Ota et al. 2024:413 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Habitat: freshwater.

luna, Myletes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:221 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Cayenne, French Guiana. Lectotype: MNHN A-9870 (290 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-8632 (1, dry), 2000-0148 [ex A-9870] (3) Cayenne, A-9895 (1, poor condition) Colombia. Type catalog: Bertin 1948:26-27 [ref. 19577]. Lectotype selected by Géry 1972:163 [ref. 1594]. •Questionably a synonymy of Myleus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Géry 1972:162 [ref. 1594]). •Synonym of Myleus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:186 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Keith et al. 2000:14 [ref. 24547], Jégu et al. 2004:127 [ref. 27829], Andrade et al. 2016:579 [ref. 34960], Andrade et al. 2018:121 [ref. 35868], Ota et al. 2024:414 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Habitat: freshwater.

rubripinnis, Myletes Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1844:97 [Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 10 (pt 1); ref. 3070] Guyana. Lectotype: ZMB 23686. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1971.5.10.64 (1) Essequibo R.; ZMB 3636-37 (1, 1). Also appeared in Müller & Troschel 1845:23 [ref. 3071]. Lectotype selected by Jégu et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27829]. •Valid as Myleus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Géry 1972:162 [ref. 1594], Ortega & Vari 1986:9 [ref. 9708], Géry et al. 1991:37 [ref. 21021], Taphorn 1992:281 [ref. 23654], Planquette et al. 1996:370 [ref. 22818], Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:186 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Rodríguez-Barrera et al. 2020:45 [ref. 37800]). •Valid as Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Jégu 2001:386 [ref. 25923], Jégu et al. 2003:849 [ref. 27668], Jégu et al. 2004:124, 142 [ref. 27829], Sarmiento et al. 2014:187 [ref. 35004], Andrade et al. 2016:165 [ref. 34307], Andrade et al. 2016:579 [ref. 34960], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:37 [ref. 35633], Andrade et al. 2018:121 [ref. 35868], Andrade et al. 2019:[8] [ref. 37167], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:17 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Koerber et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39235], Vieira et al. 2023:18 [ref. 40759], Ota et al. 2024:414 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Myloplus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Distribution: South America: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil; introduced in Puerto Rico (U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.