Anostomus varius Garman, 1890:19-20

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 : 80

Anostomus varius Garman, 1890:19-20

The type material for this species consists of syntypes from Rio Negro at Manaus (MCZ 809 [1]), lago Hyanuary (presently lago Janauari) (MCZ 19335 [6 originally 8], Gurupá (MCZ 19340 [3]), Porto de Moz (MCZ 19341 [1]), Óbidos (MCZ 19348 [2] and 19532 [1]) and lago José Fernandez (MCZ 19378 [5], USNM 120398 [1] out of MCZ 19378). Garavello & Britski (2003), in error, listed the above MCZ material as syntypes of both L. proxima and L. varia . They also listed USNM 120242 (out of MCZ 19367) as syntypes for both species ( L. proxima and L. varia ), but those are the Içá syntypes of A. varius nitens , as noted above. Mautari & Menezes (2006) listed, in error, all of the above syntypes of A. varius as paralectotypes of L. proxima , but they can not be syntypes because they are not part of the type series for L. proxima . None of the above lots come from the type localities listed by Garman for A. proximus .

The listing of MCZ 19374 as a syntype by Eschmeyer (2006) is probably in error since its locality “Rio Negro near Lago Alexo” is not mentioned in the original description. However , this locality is just east of one of the stated syntypic type localities (see MCZ 809 ) .