ellipticus, Myletes Günther [A.] 1864:375 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Guyana. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.1.21.33 (1) Essequibo R., 1971.5.10.63 (1). •Questionably a synonym of Myleus rubripinnis (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Géry 1972:162 [ref. 1594]). •Synonym of Myleus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:185 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844) -- (Jégu et al. 2004:127, 128 [ref. 27829], Andrade et al. 2016:579 [ref. 34960], Andrade et al. 2018:120 [ref. 35868], Ota et al. 2024:413 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Synonym of Myloplus asterias (Müller & Troschel 1844). Serrasalmidae: Myleinae. Habitat: freshwater.