Species that contain: Sternarchus and macrostomus [ 2 ] records

macrostoma, Sternarchus Günther [A.] 1870:4 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 8; ref. 1995] Xeberos [Jeberos], Río Marañon drainage, Amazon River system, Peru. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1867.6.13.76. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236]. Specific name is an indeclinable noun. •Valid as Sternarchorhamphus macrostoma (Günther 1870) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:12 [ref. 9708] as macrostomus). •Valid as Platyurosternarchus macrostoma (Günther 1870) (often seen as macrostomus) -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:38 [ref. 21320], Campos-da-Paz 1995:40 [ref. 22512], Chang & Ortega 1995:6 [ref. 24302], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:430 [ref. 23853], Albert 2001:111 [ref. 25614], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:500 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Vari 2009:240 [ref. 30206], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745], Sarmiento et al. 2014:188 [ref. 35004] as macrostomus, DoNascimiento 2016:535 [ref. 34727], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:68 [ref. 35633] as macrostomus, Ferraris et al. 2017:[10] [ref. 35236], Bernt et al. 2018:474 [ref. 35797] as macrostomus, Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:72 [ref. 35773], Ochoa et al. 2020:63 [ref. 37781], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Taphorn et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:72 [ref. 40783], Torgersen et al. 2023:775 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Platyurosternarchus macrostoma (Günther 1870). Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo basins (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

macrostomus, Sternarchus Fowler [H. W.] 1943:263, Fig. 63 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 95; ref. 1443] Villavicencio, Río Meta basin, Colombia. Holotype (unique): ANSP 70528. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:22 [ref. 13621], Ferraris et al. 2017:[8] [ref. 35236]. Apparently preoccupied by Sternarchus macrostoma [us] Günther 1870, name apparently should be replaced. •Treated as valid -- (Mago-Leccia 1994:30 [ref. 21320]). •See Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:431 [ref. 23853]. •Valid as Parapteronotus macrostomus (Fowler 1943) -- (Triques 2005:144 [ref. 28939], Triques 2007:85 [ref. 29060], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745]). •Valid as Apteronotus macrostomus (Fowler 1943) -- (Albert 2001:110 [ref. 25614], Albert in Reis et al. 2003:499 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Crampton 2006:115 [ref. 28765], de Santana et al. 2007:117 [ref. 29198], de Santana & Cox Fernandes 2012:284 [ref. 32053], de Santana & Vari 2013:584 [ref. 32777], DoNascimiento 2016:540 [ref. 34727], Ferraris et al. 2017:[8] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:68 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Apteronotus macrostomus (Fowler 1943). Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: Meta River basin, Orinoco River system: Colombia, Ecuador and ?Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.