Paracheirodon, Gery, 1960

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PARACHEIRODON Géry, 1960

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Lamprocheirodon Géry, 1960d:13 . Type species: Cheirodon axelrodi Schultz, 1956 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Originally proposed as a subgenus of Cheirodon Girard, 1855 .

Paracheirodon Géry, 1960d:12 . Type species: Hyphessobrycon innesi Myers, 1936 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine.

Remarks: Weitzman, Fink (1983:353) proposed Lamprocheirodon Géry as a junior synonym of Paracheirodon Géry , and thus acted as first revisers in establishing priority.

Paracheirodon axelrodi (Schultz, 1956)

Cheirodon axelrodi Schultz, 1956:42 , unnumbered fig. (p. 41). Type locality: Porto Velho , Brazil. [The type locality given in the original description was corrected by Weitzman, Fink (1983): “stream near Tomar (= Thomar) (0°25’S, 63°55’W), rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil”]. Holotype: USNM 164483 .

Hyphessobrycon cardinalis Myers, Weitzman, 1956:1 . Type locality: Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil. [Type locality specified by Weitzman, Fink (1983):389 “stream near Tomar (= Thomar) (0°25’S, 63°55’W), rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil ”]. Holotype: SU 48710. Taxonomic information in Weitzman, Fink (1985).

Distribution: 307, 314 ( Weitzman, Fink, 1983).

Remarks: Date of publication of Paracheirodon axelrodi is Feb. 20 and precedes that of Hyphessobrycon cardinalis (Feb. 21). Redescription and systematic accounts in Weitzman, Fink (1983).

Paracheirodon innesi (Myers, 1936)

Hyphessobrycon innesi Myers, 1936:97 . Type locality: Likely near Iquitos, Peruvian Amazon. [Type material was collected by aquarist said to be from the Peruvian Amazon, near Iquitos (Myers, 1936)]. Holotype: USNM 102109 .

Distribution: 316 ( Weitzman, Fink, 1983).

Remarks: The species occurs in the upper Amazon basin in Peru, Colômbia and Brasil. Redescription and systematic accounts in Weitzman, Fink (1983).

Paracheirodon simulans (Géry, 1963)

Hyphessobrycon simulans Géry, 1963d:15 , figs. 1–3. Type locality: Rio Purus. [The type locality given in the original description was corrected by Géry (1966b): “rio Jufaris (or Tupari)[= rio Jufari] which empties into the rio Negro just above the rio Branco”]. Holotype: MHNG 2171.19. [More information in Weber (1998) and Vari, Howe (1991)].

Distribution: 307, 314 ( Weitzman, Fink, 1983).

Remarks: Redescription and systematic accounts in Weitzman, Fink (1983).