Anostomus proximus Garman, 1890:19

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 : 80

Anostomus proximus Garman, 1890:19

The original type material of this species was a syntypic series from Villa Bella (MCZ 19331 [2], one of which has been presumably lost) and MCZ 19339 [1]), and from Ueranduba (MCZ 19379 [4]). Garavello & Britski (2003) correctly listed these three MCZ lots as syntypes of L. proxima . In error, they listed eight lots as syntypes of L. proxima that are part of Garman’s syntypic series of A. varius (MCZ 19378, MCZ 809, MCZ 19335, USNM 120398, MCZ 19340, MCZ 19341, MCZ 19348, MCZ 19532) and they also listed USNM 120242 which is part of the syntypic series of A. varius nitens . This error was duplicated as noted above. Mautari & Menezes (2006) designated the remaining specimen in MCZ 19331 as the lectotype of L. proxima , but did not mention the remaining syntypes MCZ 19339 and 19379 which are automatically paralectotypes (ICZN Art. 73.2.2 and 74.1.3). They also erroneously listed numerous lots of paralectotypes for L. proxima as noted under our remarks for A. nitens and A. varius . These lots do not qualify as part of the original syntypic series of Garman’s A. proximus due to type localities (ICZNArt. 73.2.1).