CHARACIFORMES

Toledo-Piza, Mônica, Baena, Eduardo G., Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Menezes, Naércio A., Ândrade, Marcelo, Benini, Ricardo C., Bertaco, Vinicius A., Birindelli, José Luís O., Boden, Gert, Buckup, Paulo A., Camelier, Priscila, Carvalho, Fernando R., Castro, Ricardo M. C., Chuctaya, Junior, Decru, Eva, Derijst, Eddy, Dillman, Casey B., Ferreira, Katiane M., Merxem, Dimitri G., Giovannetti, Victor, Hirschmann, Alice, Jégu, Michel, Jerep, Fernando C., Langeani, Francisco, Lima, Flávio C. T., Lucena, Carlos A. S., Lucena, Zilda Margarete S., Malabarba, Luiz R., Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L., Marinho, Manoela M. F., Mathubara, Kleber, Mattox, George M. T., Melo, Bruno F., Moelants, Tuur, Moreira, Cristiano R., Musschoot, Tobias, Netto-Ferreira, André L., Ota, Rafaela P., T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo, Pavanelli, Carla S., Reis, Roberto E., Santos, Osmar, Serra, Jane Piton, Silva, Gabriel S. C., Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison, Souza-Lima, Rosana, Vari, Richard P. & Zanata, Angela M., 2024, Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi), Neotropical Ichthyology (e 230086) 22 (1), pp. 1-548 : 438-441

FOSSIL CHARACIFORMES

MC Malabarba

† Alestes junneri White, 1937 ( Alestidae )

† Alestes junneri White, 1937:48, Text-fig. 1; Plate X: 1. Type locality: near Lake Botsumtwi , Ghana. Holotype: P 19071.

Distribution: 515 (Stewart, 2001).

Remarks: Taxonomy discussed by Paugy (1986).

† Alestoides eocaenicus Monod, Gaudant,1998 ( Alestidae )

† Alestoides eocaenicus Monod, Gaudant, 1998:16 , figs. 1–6. Type locality: Sézanne- Broyes, Marne, Paris Basin, France. Ypresian, Lower Eocene. Holotype: MNHNP 1972-10-18.

Distribution: 403, 404 (Monod, Gaudant, 1998)

Remarks: Name first appears in the abstract. Holotype figured in Cappetta et al. (1972:Pl. I, fig. 18).

† Arabocharax baidensis Micklich, Roscher, 1990 ( Alestidae )

† Arabocharax baidensis Micklich, Roscher, 1990:143, figs. 2, 3b–g. Type locality: 3.5 km S Ad Dart Asir, SW Saudi Arabia. Baid Formation, Oligocene. Holotype: LNK 7 a,b.

Distribution: 439 (Micklich, Roscher, 1990).

† Brycon avus ( Woodward, 1898) ( Bryconidae)

† Tetragonopterus avus Woodward, 1898:64 , figs. 1, 2. Type locality: Taubaté , São Paulo State, Brazil. Holotype. BMNH P-9222 .

Distribution: 329 (Malabarba MC, 1998b).

† Bryconetes enigmaticus Weiss, Malabarba, Malabarba, 2014 ( Characiformes Incertae sedis)

† Bryconetes enigmaticus Weiss, Malabarba, Malabarba, 2014:441 , figs. 2–6. Type locality: Left margin of the Entre-Córregos stream, about 30 km northwest from Aiuruoca town , southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Entre-Córregos Formation, Aiuruoca Basin, Eocene-Oligocene. Holotype. UFRGS 19114 .

Distribution: 344 ( Weiss et al., 2012).

† Bunocharax schwartzi Van Neer, 1994 ( Alestidae )

† Bunocharax schwartzi Van Neer, 1994:92, fig. 1, Pl. 1: 1–2. Type locality: Site NK 1 in the Nkondo-Kaiso area , Lake Albert, Uganda. Holotype. NK 231’88.

Distribution: 522, 566 (Stewart, 2001).

† Cyphocharax mosesi (Travassos, Santos, 1955) ( Curimatidae )

† Curimata mosesi Travassos, Silva Santos, 1955:315 , Plate III: fig 3, Plate VI: figs 2–3, Plate VII: figs 1–2. Type locality: Nossa Senhora da Guia Quarry, Tremembé, São Paulo State. [ Brazil]. Holotype. DGM 620 -P.

Distribution: 329 (Malabarba, 1996).

Remarks: Redescribed as Cyphocharax mosesi by Malabarba (1996).

† Eocitharinus macrognathus Murray, 2003 ( Characiformes Incertae sedis)

† Eocitharinus macrognathus Murray, 2003b:503 , figs. 1–2. Type locality: Mahenge , Singida Plateau, Tanzania, 4 47’ 38” S, 34 15’ 28” E, about 53 km west of the town of Singida. Holotype. WM 245/96a and WM 245/96b, part and counterpart.

Distribution: 566 (Murray, 2003b).

Remarks: Name first appears in the abstract.

† Eurocharax tourainei Gaudant, 1980 ( Characiformes Incertae sedis)

† Eurocharax tourainei Gaudant, 1980:693 , figs. 2–4, Pl. 1–3. Type locality:about 700m SW La Mourotte , France. Holotype. FSL 370 135/134.

Distribution: 403, 404 (Gaudant, 1980).

Remarks: Name first appears in the abstract.

† Leporinus scalabrinii (Ameghino, 1898) ( Anostomidae )

† Arrhinolemur Scalabrinii Ameghino, 1898:395 . Type locality: nearby the city of Parana. [Entre Rios, Argentina]. Holotype: MACN A-9880.

Distribution: 345 (Bogan et al., 2012).

Remarks: Described as a Mammalian; more detailed description in Ameghino (1899); redescribed as a fish in Bogan et al. (2012).

† Lignobrycon ligniticus ( Woodward, 1898) ( Triportheidae )

† Tetragonopterus ligniticus Woodward, 1898:67 , figs. 4, 5. Type locality: Taubaté , São Paulo State, Brazil. Holotype. BMNH P-9012 .

Distribution: 329 (Malabarba MC, 1998b).

Remarks: Species redescribed as Lignobrycon by Eigenmann, Myers (1929); in Triportheus by Travassos, Santos (1955); and returned to Lignobrycon by Malabarba MC (1998b).

† Megacheirodon unicus (Travassos, Santos, 1955) ( Characidae )

† Astyanax unicus Travassos, Silva Santos, 1955:303 , Plate I: figs 1, 2. Type locality: Nossa Senhora da Guia Quarry , Tremembé, São Paulo State. [ Brazil]. Holotype. DGM 615 -P.

Distribution: 329 (Malabarba MC,1998a).

Remarks: Species redescribed as Megacheirodon unicus by Malabarba MC (1998a).

† Megapiranha paranensis Cione, Dahdul, Lundberg, Machado-Allison, 2009 ( Serrasalmidae )

† Megapiranha paranensis Cione, Dahdul, Lundberg, Machado-Allison, 2009:353 , figs. 3–4. Type locality: Cliffs in the Paraná eastern riverside near the city of Paraná, Provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Holotype. MLP 96-XI-5-1.

Distribution: 345 (Cione et al., 2009).

† Paleohoplias assisbrasiliensis Bocquentin, Negri, 2003 ( Erythrinidae )

† Paleohoplias assisbrasiliensis Bocquentin , Negri , in Gayet , Jégu , Bocquentin , Negri , 2003:34, figs. 5A–F, 6A–G, 7C, 8. Type locality: Cachoeira da Bandeira, State of Acre, Brazil. Holotype. UFAC PV 4664 .

Distribution: 316 (Gayet et al., 2003).

† Paleotetra aiuruoca Weiss, Malabarba, Malabarba, 2012 ( Characidae )

† Paleotetra aiuruoca Weiss, Malabarba, Malabarba, 2012:79 , figs. 6–9. Type locality: Ravines of the Entre-Córregos stream, near the town of Aiuruoca, southern Minas Gerais State, south-eastern Brazil. Holotype. UNG 2T-151.

Distribution: 344 ( Weiss et al., 2012).

† Paleotetra entrecorregos Weiss, Malabarba, Malabarba, 2012 ( Characidae )

† Paleotetra entrecorregos Weiss, Malabarba, Malabarba, 2012:75 , figs. 2–5. Type locality: Ravines of the Entre-Córregos stream, near the town of Aiuruoca, southern Minas Gerais State, south-eastern Brazil. Holotype. UNG 2T-149.

Distribution: 344 ( Weiss et al., 2012).

† Plesiocurimata alvarengai Figueiredo, Carvalho, 1999 ( Curimatidae )

† Plesiocurimata alvarengai Figueiredo, Carvalho, 1999:887 , figs. 1–4. Type locality: Locality of Fazenda Santa Fé , Tremembé county, State of São Paulo. [Fazenda Santa Fé is a quarry for clay extraction, Brazil]. Holotype: Pz. DBAV. UERJ.405-A.

Distribution: 329 (Figueiredo, Carvalho, 1999).

† Salminus noriegai Cione, Azpelicueta, 2013 ( Bryconidae )

† Salminus noriegai Cione, Azpelicueta, 2013:1052 , figs. 3–7. Type locality: riverside cliffs at the Toma Vieja, northeast of the city of Parana, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina (31°41S 60°28W). Ituzaingó Formation, Huayquerian Age, Late Miocene. Holotype. CICYTTP-PV-P-1-291.

Distribution: 345 (Cione, Azpelicueta, 2013).

† Sindacharax deserti (Greenwood, 1972) ( Alestidae )

† Alestes deserti Greenwood, 1972:507 , Pl. 1: 2. Type locality: Fish Hill , Wadi Natrun, Egypt. Holotype. BMNH P 54052 .

Distribution: 522, 524, 530 (Stewart, 2001).

Remarks: Originally described in the genus Alestes . Transferred to Sindacharax by Greenwood, Howes, 1975.

† Sindacharax greenwoodi Stewart, 1997 ( Alestidae )

† Sindacharax greenwoodi Stewart, 1997:34 , figs. 2–3. Type locality: Kaiyamung deposits, Turkana Basin, northern Kenya. Holotype. KNM-LT 30481.

Distribution: 530 (Leakey et aI., 1996).

† Sindacharax howesii Stewart, 2003 ( Alestidae )

† Sindacharax howesii Stewart, 2003:86 , figs. 3.19–3.21. Type locality: Site 1944 in the North Kaiyumung Member deposits, Lothagam, Kenya. Holotype. KNM-LT 32866.

Distribution: 530 (Stewart, 2003).

† Sindacharax lepersonnei Greenwood, Howes, 1975 ( Alestidae )

† Sindacharax lepersonnei Greenwood, Howes, 1975:99 , figs. 22–24. Type locality: Sites 145 and 156 on the left bank of the Sinda River, Zaire [ Democratic Republic of the Congo]. Holotype. RG 17.599.

Distribution: 522 (Stewart, 2001).

† Sindacharax lothagamensis Stewart, 2003 ( Alestidae )

† Sindacharax lothagamensis Stewart, 2003:81 , figs. 3.5–3.8. Type locality: site 1990, Turkana Basin , Lothagam, northern Kenya. Holotype. KNM-LT 38264.

Distribution: 530 (Stewart, 2003).

† Sindacharax mutetii Stewart, 2003 ( Alestidae )

† Sindacharax mutetii Stewart, 2003:83 , figs. 3.9–3.14. Type locality: site 1994, Turkana Basin , Lothagam, northern Kenya. Holotype. KNM-LT 38265.

Distribution: 530 (Stewart, 2003).

† Tiupampichthys intermedius Gayet, Jégu, 2003 ( Characiformes Incertae sedis)

† Tiupampichthys intermedius Gayet, Jégu , in Gayet , Jégu , Bocquentin , Negri, 2003:30, figs. 2, 3A, L, 4A–H, 7A, B, 8, 11A, 13E. Type locality: locality of Tiupampa, Bolivia. Holotype: MHNC-8592.

Distribution: 312, 342 (Gayet et al., 2003).