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NANOCHEIRODON Malabarba, 1998

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Nanocheirodon Malabarba, 1998:210 . Type species: Chirodon insignis Steindachner, 1880 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine.

Nanocheirodon insignis (Steindachner, 1880)

Chirodon insignis Steindachner, 1880:74 [22], Pl. 6 (fig. 3). Type locality: Río Cauca, Colombia. [ Chirodon insignis is listed in section “I - Fishes from Cauca ” in Steindachner (1880). The type locality is not cited in the original description section]. Syntypes: (several) NMW 62543–44 (6, 8).

Distribution: 302, 303 (Malabarba, 1998; Malabarba, 2003).

Remarks: Steindachner, 1880:92 cited in the section “Overview of the species known to date from the Magdalenen River basin” that Chirodon insignis occurs in clear puddles of water on the way from Caceres to Medellin (In klaren Wasserpfützen aut dem Wege von Caceres nach Medellin).