Anostomus varius nitens Garman, 1890:20

Petry, Paulo, Mautari, Kelly, Menezes, Naércio A. & Hartel, Karsten, 2007, Scientific Note Comments on the type status of Laemolyta (Characiformes: Anostomidae) specimens described by Garman, 1890 and Borodin, 1931, Neotropical Ichthyology 5 (1), pp. 79-80 : 79

Anostomus varius nitens Garman, 1890:20

The type material for this species consists of 11 syntypes from Içá; MCZ 19367 (8) and USNM 120242 (3 out of MCZ 19367) since Garman (1890) did not designate a holotype, and there have not been subsequent designations of a lectotype. Garavelo & Britski (2003) recognized L. nitens as valid, but did not list its syntypic series. In error, USNM 120242 has been listed as paratypes of A. nitens (Vari & Howe, 1991) and as a syntype of L. proxima (Garavelo & Britski, 2003) . Mautari & Menezes (2006) considered L. nitens as a synonym of L. proxima but erroneously designated USNM 120242 as paralectotypes of L. proxima . The specimens in USNM 120242 cannot be paralectotypes of L. proxima since they are not from the syntypic series listed by Garman for this taxon (ICZN Art. 73.2.1 and 74.2).