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Species related to Characidium laterale: [ 2 ] records


lateralis, Nanostomus Boulenger [G. A.] 1895:2 [Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino v. 10 (no. 196); ref. 536] Colonia Risso, Paraguay. Syntypes: BMNH 1895.1.30.16-19 (4); MSNG 35133 (1); MZUT 1349 (2), 1044 (many), 1400 (1), 2565 (?). Type catalog: Tortonese 1940:139 [ref. 21559], Tortonese 1961:183 [ref. 10343]. Original genus is correctly Nannostomus. •Valid as Characidium lateralis (Boulenger 1895) -- (Britski et al. 1999:69 [ref. 24147]). •Valid as Characidium laterale (Boulenger 1895) -- (Buckup 1993:101 [ref. 20831], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:90 [ref. 27061], da Graça & Pavanelli 2008:55 [ref. 29583], da Graça et al. 2008:329 [ref. 29629], Netto-Ferreira et al. 2013:366 [ref. 32717], Leitão & Buckup 2014:15 [ref. 33323], Zanata & Camelier 2014:340 [ref. 33380], Sarmiento et al. 2014:185 [ref. 35004], Melo & Oyakawa 2015:287 [ref. 33788], Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira 2015:192 [ref. 33967], Zanata & Ohara 2015:375 [ref. 33970], Zanata & Camelier 2015:497 [ref. 33983], Zanata et al. 2015:381 [ref. 34023], Melo & Espíndola 2016:566 [ref. 34928], Koerber et al. 2017:43 [ref. 35267], Zanata et al. 2018:84 [ref. 36279], da Graça et al. 2019:5 [ref. 37061], Oliveira-Silva et al. 2026:8 [ref. 42873]). Current status: Valid as Characidium laterale (Boulenger 1895). Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: Paraná River basin, Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

laterale, Characidium Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:36 [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1); ref. 1222] Amatuk, Guyana. Holotype: FMNH 72627 [ex CM 1141]. Paratypes: (3, IU) BMNH 1911.10.31.161 (1), CAS 27763 [ex IU 11673] (now 1, orig. 3). Type catalog: Henn 1928:55 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:22 [ref. 12367]. Not the same as Characidium laterale (Boulenger 1895). •Valid as Ammocryptocharax lateralis (Eigenmann 1909) -- (Buckup 1993:108 [ref. 20831], Buckup 1993:328 [ref. 26741], Géry & Zarske 2002:35 [ref. 26555], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:88 [ref. 27061], Taphorn et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Ammocryptocharax lateralis (Eigenmann 1909). Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Distribution: South America: Potaro and Mazaruni River basins (Guyana) endemic. Habitat: freshwater.


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