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Charax Gronovius, 1763:123 . Type species: Not available. Gender: Masculine .

Charax Scopoli, 1777:455. Type species: Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 . Type by subsequent designation of Eigenmann, 1910:444 [Menezes, Lucena, 2014:195]. Gender: Masculine.

Characinus Lacepède, 1803:269 . Type species: Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 . Type by subsequent designation of Jordan, 1917:66 [Menezes, Lucena, 2014:195]. Gender : Masculine.

Epicyrtus Müller, Troschel, 1844:92 . Type species: Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 . Type by monotypy. Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Preoccupied by Epicyrtus Dejean, 1833 in Coleoptera , replaced by Anacyrtus Günther, 1864 .

Anacyrtus Günther, 1864:345 . Type species: Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 . Type by being a replacement name. Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Replacement for Epicyrtus Müller, Troschel 1844 , preoccupied by Epicyrtus Dejean , 183.

Asiphonichthys Cope, 1894b:67 . Type species: Asiphonichthys stenopterus Cope, 1894 . Type by monotypy. Gender: Masculine.

Moralesia Fowler, 1943b:96 . Type species: Anacyrtus tectifer Cope, 1870 . Type by original designation. Gender: Feminine. Additional comments: Preoccupied by Moralesia Kaszab , in Español, 1944 in Coleoptera , replaced by Moralesicus Fowler, 1958 .

Charaxodon Fernández-Yépez, 1947:1 . Type species: Charax metae Eigenmann, 1922 . Type by original designation. Gender: Masculine.

Moralesicus Fowler, 1958:9 . Type species: Anacyrtus tectifer Cope, 1870 . Type by being a replacement name. Gender: Masculine.

Remarks: Charax was first proposed by Gronovius (1763:123), in a work that was later placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology, ICZN Opinion 261, 1954, which makes the name unavailable from that publication.

Charax apurensis Lucena, 1987

Charax apurensis Lucena, 1987:30, fig. 2. Type locality: rio el Canito, onde é atravessado pela estrada que une San Fernando a Canaviche (07°28’N, 67°39’W). [ Venezuela]. Holotype: MBUCV-V-15400.

Distribution: 307, 309 (Lucena, 1987; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax awa Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira, Ottoni, 2018

Charax awa Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira, Ottoni, 2018:84 , figs. 1, 2, 5. Type locality: Brazil, Maranhão State: Alto Alegre do Pindaré municipality, Igarapé Mineirão, Rio Mearim basin, 3°42’26”S, 45°56’05”W. Holotype: CICCAA 00752.

Distribution: 323, 325 (Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira, Ottoni, 2018).

Charax caudimaculatus Lucena, 1987

Charax caudimaculatus Lucena , 1987:32, fig. 3. Type locality: Laguna Chica, Reserva Natural de Tambopatá (12°50’30”S, 69°17’30”W). [ Peru]. Holotype: MUSM 5081 .

Distribution: 318 (Lucena, 1987; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax condei (Géry, Knöppel, 1976)

Asiphonichthys condei Géry, Knöppel, 1976:48 , figs. 1–2. Type locality: rio Tarumazinho , affluent de la rive gauche du bas rio Négro au-dessus de Manaus. [ Brazil]. Holotype: MHNG 2229.05 .

Distribution: 314, 316 (Lucena, 1987; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax delimai Menezes , Lucena, 2014

Charax delimai Menezes , Lucena , 2014:202, fig. 10. Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas , community of São Pedro , rio Tiquié, rio Negro drainage, 0°16’04”N, 69°58’21”W. Holotype. MZUSP 81505 .

Distribution: 314 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758:311 . Type locality: Habitat Surinami in fluminibus. Holotype: BMNH 1853.11.12.35 (left halfskin).

Cynopotamus gibbosus Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:321, Pl. 645. Type locality: la Mana, l’Esséquibo. Syntypes: MNHN A-9843 (2) Mana R., A-9844 (5) Essequibo.

Distribution: 310, 311, 315 (Lucena, 1987; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax hemigrammus (Eigenmann, 1912)

Asiphonichthys hemigrammus Eigenmann, 1912a:403 , Pl. 60 (fig. 4). Type locality: Gluck Island . [ Guyana]. Holotype: FMNH 53665 .

Distribution: 310, 314, 316 (Lucena, 1987; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax leticiae Lucena, 1987

Charax leticiae Lucena, 1987:40, fig. 7. Type locality: Pará, Igarapé Urubu, perto do posto de Trocara, rio Tocantins. [ Brazil]. Holotype: MZUSP 28660 .

Distribution: 324, 343,321 (Lucena, 1987; Lucena, 1989; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax macrolepis (Kner, 1858)

Epicyrtus macrolepis Kner, 1858b:167 [7]. Type locality: Rio Guaporé , Cujaba , Caiçara, Marabitanos, Surinam; ohne Provinzialnamen. [Lucena (1987) restricted the type locality to rio Guaporé, Mato Grosso, Brazil]. Lectotype: NMW 62668- 6 (78 mm). [Designated by Lucena (1987)].

Distribution: 319, 321 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax metae Eigenmann, 1922

Charax metae Eigenmann, 1922:238 , Pl. 25 (fig. 1). Type locality: Barrigón. [Puerto Barrigona aprox. 04°10’ N, 73°00’W, Colombia]. Holotype: CAS 41300.

Distribution: 306 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax michaeli Lucena, 1989

Charax michaeli Lucena, 1989:98, fig. 2. Type locality: Igarapé do Cujobim , rio Branco (em face del ile de Maraca). [ Brazil]. Holotype: MZUSP 37276 .

Charax unimaculatus Lucena , 1989:101, fig. 4. Type locality: Brésil: Amazonia, lago Manacapuru. [ Brazil]. Holotype: MZUSP 6534 .

Distribution: 314, 315, 316 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Remarks: Synonymy of Charax unimaculatus , Lucena, 1989 and C. michaeli Lucena, 1989 proposed by Menezes, Lucena (2014), and thus acting as first revisers in establishing priority.

Charax niger Lucena, 1989

Charax niger Lucena , 1989:99, fig. 3. Type locality: rio Amapa (canal do rio), Cachoeira Grande. [ Brazil]. Holotype: MZUSP 33422 .

Distribution: 314, 316, 323, 324 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax notulatus Lucena, 1987

Charax notulatus Lucena , 1987:46, fig. 10. Type locality: pequeno córrego próximo a desembocadura do córrego Socoroco , rio Orinoco, 111 milhas náuticas acima do Mar de Bouy. [ Venezuela]. Holotype: MBUCV-V-15000.

Distribution: 307, 309 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax pauciradiatus (Günther, 1864)

Anacyrtus pauciradiatus Günther, 1864:346 . Type locality: River Capin. [ Brazil]. Syntypes: BMNH 1849.11 .8.47 (1), 1849.11.8.51 (1).

Distribution: 323, 321, 316 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax rupununi Eigenmann, 1912

Charax rupununi Eigenmann, 1912a:402 . Type locality: Rupununi . [ Guyana]. Holotype: FMNH 53663 .

Distribution: 310, 316 (Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Charax stenopterus (Cope, 1894)

Asiphonichthys stenopterus Cope, 1894b:67 . Type locality: uppers waters of the Jacuhy River in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul. Holotype: ANSP 21559 . [Fowler (1907:452); Böhlke (1984:54)].

Distribution: 343, 345, 334, 335, 332 (Lucena, 1987; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).

Remarks: Species redescribed by Menezes, Lucena, 2014.

Charax tectifer (Cope, 1870)

Anacyrtus tectifer Cope, 1870:565 . Type locality: Pebas , Ecuador. [currently, Peru, Hauxwell’s collection]. Holotype: ANSP 8175 . [Fowler, 1907:453; Böhlke, 1984:55].

Hydrolycus copei Gill, 1870:93 . Type locality: Napo and Marañon rivers. [ Ecuador and Peru]. Syntypes: USNM 55664 (orig. 4, now 3). Synonymy first proposed by Schultz, 1950:58. Priority of Anacyrtus tectifer Cope, 1870 over Hydrolycus copei Gill, 1870 discussed by Géry, 1986.

Anacyrtus sanguineus Cope, 1872b:266 , Pl. 9 (fig. 1). Type locality: Ambyiacu. [ Río Ampyiacu , Peru]. Lectotype: ANSP 8176 . [Designated by Fowler (1907:453). Treated as holotype by Böhlke (1984:53)].

Distribution: 316, 313 (Lucena, 1987; Menezes, Lucena, 2014).