voladorita, Characidium Schultz [L. P.] 1944:280, Fig. 32 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 95 (no. 3181); ref. 3960] Río Motatán, 4 kilometers above Motatán, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121407. Paratypes: MCZ [ex USNM 121412] (5); MNRJ [ex USNM 121408] (2); UMMZ 145031 [ex USNM 121412] (5); USNM 121408 (orig. 40, now 32), 121409-11 (15, 27, 3), 121412 (orig. 10, now 5), 121413 (26), 121414 (now 95); ZMA 100363 (4), 102115 (3). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:16 [ref. 19236], Vari & Howe 1991:12-13 [ref. 19022]. See Presswell et al. 2000:190 [ref. 24440]. •Valid as Characidium voladorita Schultz 1944 -- (Taphorn 1992:389 [ref. 23654], Galvis et al. 1997:31 [ref. 23651]). •Synonym of Characidium boavistae Steindachner 1915 -- (Buckup 1992:1068 [ref. 20321] as boaevistae, Buckup 1993:102 [ref. 20831] as boaevistae, Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:88 [ref. 27061] as boaevistae). Current status: Synonym of Characidium boavistae Steindachner 1915. Crenuchidae: Characidiinae. Habitat: freshwater.