Cynopotamus Valenciennes, 1850

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Cynopotamus Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:316. Type species:

Hydrocyon argenteus Valenciennes, 1847 . Type by subsequent designation by Eigenmann, 1912a:403. Gender: Masculine.

Hybocharax Géry, Vu, 1963:240 . Type species: Cynopotamus bipunctatus Pellegrin, 1909 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Originally proposed as a subgenus of Cynopotamus .

Cynopotamus amazonum (Günther, 1868)

Anacyrtus (Cynopotamus) amazonum Günther, 1868a:481 . Type locality: Xeberos. [(= Jeberos ) probably at Aipana river, tributary of Huallaga river, Peru]. Syntypes: BMNH 1867.6.13.69–70 (2).

Anacrytus limaesquamis Cope, 1878:686 . Type locality: near Pebas. [ Peru]. Lectotype: ANSP 21460 . [Designated by Fowler (1907:454, fig. 44). Treated as holotype by Böhlke (1984:49)].

Distribution: 316 (Menezes, 1987b).

Cynopotamus argenteus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Hydrocyon argenteum Valenciennes, 1837 :no p., Pl. 9 (fig. 1). Type locality: Buénos-Ayres. [ Argentina]. Holotype: MNHN A-9846.

Characinus squamosus Eigenmann, Kennedy, 1903:525 . Type locality: Laguna Pasito. [ Laguna Pasito , rio Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay]. Holotype: CAS 27615.

Charax caliurus Eigenmann, Kennedy , in Eigenmann, McAtee, Ward , 1907:142, Pl. 43 (fig. 1). Type locality: Laguna Pasito. [Laguna Pasito, rio Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay]. Holotype: CAS 15682. Details about taxonomic status in Menezes (1987b).

Distribution: 332, 333, 343, 345 (Menezes, 2007).

Remarks: Name available from plate (1837), text with description by Valenciennes, 1847:9 as Hydrocyon argenteus (Menezes, 1976:22) . There is some confusion in the literature regarding the dates of publication of the contents of the D’Orbigny’s Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale. The date of the plate by Valenciennes presented here follows Sherborn, Griffin (1934).

Cynopotamus atratoensis (Eigenmann, 1907)

Charax atratoensis Eigenmann , in Eigenmann, Ogle, 1907:33, fig. 8. Type locality: Truando, Colombia. [Truando river, near Atrato river, Colombia]. Holotype: USNM 1664.

Distribution: 301 (Menezes, 2007).

Cynopotamus bipunctatus Pellegrin, 1909

Cynopotamus bipunctatus Pellegrin, 1909a:13 . Type locality: Embouchure du Suripa ( Vénézuéla). [ Boca de Suripá , Apure river drainage, Venezuela]. Holotype: MNHN 1898-0021 .

Distribution: 307 (Menezes, 1976).

Cynopotamus essequibensis Eigenmann, 1912

Cynopotamus essequibensis Eigenmann, 1912a:403 . Type locality: Potaro Landing. [ Lower Potaro river , Guyana]. Holotype: FMNH 53673 .

Distribution: 310, 311, 315 (Menezes, 2007).

Cynopotamus gouldingi Menezes, 1987

Cynopotamus gouldingi Menezes, 1987b:2 , fig. 1. Type locality: Rio Madeira at Calama, Territory of Rondônia, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 35474 .

Distribution: 321 (Lucena, Menezes, 2003).

Cynopotamus juruenae Menezes, 1987

Cynopotamus juruenae Menezes, 1987b:3 , fig. 2. Type locality: upper Rio Juruena , state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 35475 .

Distribution: 320 (Menezes, 1987b).

Cynopotamus kincaidi (Schultz, 1950)

Cyrtocharax kincaidi Schultz, 1950:60 . Type locality: Paraguay. Holotype: USNM 1694 .

Cynopotamus zettii Iriart , 1979:4, fig. 2. Type locality: Riacho “Carrizal”, Bella Vista, Corrientes, República Argentina. Holotype: CIPBV 120 . Synonymy proposed by Braga, 1994:10.

Distribution: 343, 345 (Menezes, 2007b).

Cynopotamus magdalenae (Steindachner, 1879)

Anacyrtus (Cynopotamus) magdalenae Steindachner, 1879e:78 [62], Pl. 12 (fig. 2). Type locality: Magdalenen Stromes. [Colombia]. Syntypes: NMW 62501–02 (2, 2), 62504–05 (1, 2), 77769 (1).

Distribution: 302.

Cynopotamus tocantinensis Menezes, 1987

Cynopotamus tocantinensis Menezes, 1987b:5 , fig. 3. Type locality: Igarapé Pojuca, Rio Itacaiunas , Serra dos Carajás, State of Pará, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 35492 .

Distribution: 324 (Menezes, 1987).

Cynopotamus venezuelae (Schultz, 1944)

Cyrtocharax magdalenae venezuelae Schultz, 1944:298 , fig. 37. Type locality: Río Negro below mouth of Río Yasa, Maracaibo Basin. [ Venezuela]. Holotype: USNM 121390 .

Distribution: 303 (Lucena, Menezes, 2003).

Cynopotamus xinguano Menezes, 2007

Cynopotamus xinguano Menezes, 2007:56 , fig. 1. Type locality: rio Culuene , 13°49’S, 53°15’W, Paranatinga, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 94009 .

Distribution: 322 (Menezes, 2007).