Galeocharax, Fowler, 1910

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GALEOCHARAX Fowler, 1910 View in CoL

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Galeocharax Fowler, 1910:790 . Type species: Cynopotamus gulo Cope, 1870 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine.

Galeocharax goeldii (Fowler, 1913)

Charax goeldii Fowler, 1913b:568 View in CoL , fig. 22. Type locality: Tributary of the Madeira River near Porto Velho, Brazil. Holotype: ANSP 39308 About ANSP .

Distribution: 318, 319, 321 (Giovannetti et al., 2017).

Galeocharax gulo (Cope, 1870)

Cynopotamus gulo Cope, 1870:565 View in CoL . Type locality: Pebas , Eastern Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 8053 About ANSP . [Designated by Fowler (1907:459). Treated as holotype in Böhlke (1984:47) and Giovannetti et al., 2017].

Anacyrtus (Cynopotamus) knerii Steindachner, 1879e:65 View in CoL [49]. Type locality: Cujaba, Rio Paraguay, Irisanga. [Rio Oriçanga, Estiva Gerbi, São Paulo, Brazil]. Syntypes: NMW 62660 View Materials (2). Synonymy discussed by Giovannetti et al. (2017).

Distribution: 308, 309, 311, 313, 316, 317, 320, 324, (Giovannetti et al., 2017).

Remarks: Synonymy with Anacyrtus (Cynopotamus) knerii Steindachner, 1879 , questioned by Souza et al., 2022 based on molecular data.

Galeocharax humeralis (Valenciennes, 1834)

Hydrocyon humeralis Valenciennes, 1834 :no p., Pl. 11 (fig. 2). Type locality: Buénos-Ayres. [Market in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Valenciennes, 1850 stated that, at the time, the fishes in the market were from the Rio de la Plata basin]. Holotype: MNHN A-9848.

Distribution: 332, 333, 343, 344 (Giovannetti et al., 2017).