Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008: 319, fig. 4.

Paratypes: 4 lots, 39 specimens —NUP 3887, 18, 21.9–28.2 mm SL; NUP 4107, 1 (f) c&s, 24.0 mm SL; NUP 4108, 1 (m) c&s, 22.8 mm SL: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Primavera do Leste, córrego Xavante, on the road from MT-130 to Culuene dam, upper rio Xingu basin, 14°38’24”S, 53°55’38”W, L. Casatti, F. Gibran, A. Melo & H. Santos, 18 Jan 2002 . NUP 3888, 19, 19.5–24.4 mm SL: Brazil, Mato Grosso, Paranatinga, first stream after rio Culuene bridge, from Paranatinga to Canarana, upper rio Xingu basin, 13°55’43”S, 53°41’45”W, L. Casatti, F. Gibran, A. Melo & H. Santos, 20 Jan 2002 .