argenteus, Curimatus Gill [T. N.] 1858:422 [62] [Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38); ref. 1750] Trinidad Island, West Indies. Lectotype: USNM 1114. Paralectotypes: USNM 293745 (2). Type catalog: Vari & Howe 1991:18 [ref. 19022]. On p. 62 of separate. Lectotype selected by Vari 1991:41 [ref. 19019]. •Valid as Steindachnerina argentea (Gill 1858) -- (Vari 1991:37 [ref. 19019], Taphorn 1992:429 [ref. 23654], Vari in Reis et al. 2003:60 [ref. 27061], Netto-Ferreira & Vari 2011:527 [ref. 31707], Phillip et al. 2013:14 [ref. 32896], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:43 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:82 [ref. 35773], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Steindachnerina argentea (Gill 1858). Curimatidae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin, and Caribbean draining rivers of Venezuela and Trinidad (Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.