despaxi, Leporinus Puyo [J.] 1943:141 [1], Fig. 1 [Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse v. 78 (no. 3); ref. 13072] Creek at left bank of upper Marouni River, French Guiana. Syntypes: (2, lost). On p. 1 of separate. •Valid as Leporinus despaxi Puyo 1943 -- (Géry et al. 1991:18 [ref. 21021], Planquette et al. 1996:146 [ref. 22818], Britski 1997:29 [ref. 24113], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27061], Britski et al. 2012:458 [ref. 32317]). •Valid as Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo 1943) -- (Sidlauskas & Vari 2008:74 [ref. 29786], Birindelli et al. 2013:460 [ref. 32924], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507]). Current status: Valid as Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo 1943). Anostomidae. Distribution: South America: coastal rivers of French Guiana to northern Brazil (Brazil, French Guiana and Suriname). Habitat: freshwater.