Species that contain: Myleus and setiger [ 3 ] 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.

doidyxodon, Myletes Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:222 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 22; ref. 1014] Amazon River. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9868. •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.

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.