Salminus, Agassiz, 1829

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SALMINUS Agassiz, 1829

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Salminus Agassiz , in Spix, Agassiz, 1829:76. Type species: Hydrocyon brevidens Cuvier, 1819 . Type by monotypy. Gender: Masculine. Additional comments: Originally proposed as a subgenus of Hydrocyon .

Salminus affinis Steindachner, 1880

Salminus affinis Steindachner, 1880:80 [28], Pl. 7 (figs. 2–2a). Type locality: der Cauca, der grösste Nebenfluss des Magdalenan-Stromes. [ Colombia, Depto. Antioquia]. Lectotype: NMW 78042.2 . [Designated by Géry, Lauzanne (1990:122)].

Distribution: 302 (Lima, 2022:16).

Remarks: Species redescribed by Lima, 2022.

Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier, 1816)

Hydrocynus brasiliensis Cuvier, 1816:167 . Type locality: Brésil. [ Brazil, presumably from the rio Paraguay basin ( Géry , Lauzanne, 1990:114)]. Holotype: MNHN A-8555 (dry).

Hydrocyon brevidens Cuvier, 1819:364 , Pl. 27 (fig. 1). Type locality: Brésil. [ Brazil]. Holotype: MNHN A-8555 (dry). [Based on the same holotype of Hydrocyon brasiliensis , and consequently, its objective synonym (Géry, Lauzanne, 1990:114)].

Salminus cuvieri Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:56 . Type locality: Brésil. [ Brazil]. Holotype: MNHN A-8555 (dry). [Based on the same holotype of Hydrocyon brasiliensis , and consequently, its objective synonym (Géry, Lauzanne, 1990:115)].

Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:62 . Type locality: l’Amazone. [Type locality certainly incorrect, holotype presumably collected at the rio Paraguai basin in Brazil]. Holotype: MNHN A-8550 (dry).

Salminus orbignyanus Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:65 . Type locality: les Missions jusqu’à Buénos Ayres, Argentina; dans tous les affluents du Parana ou de l’Uruguay. Holotype: MNHN A-8551.

Salmo 27-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923:388. Type locality: Uruguay. No types known. Appeared as Salmo auratus vel 27-radiatus and Salmo 27-radiatus in Devincenzi, 1925:313, 322, respectively and treated as synonym of Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes (= S. brasiliensis Cuvier ). As a synonym of Salminus brasiliensis in Lima et al. 2003:156); Litz, Koerber, 2014:12; Mirande, Koerber, 2015b:20; Koerber et al., 2017:32.

Salmo auratus Larrañaga, 1923:378 . Type locality: Uruguay. No types known. Devincenzi (1925:322) considered it as a synonym of Salminus maxillosus Valenciennes ; Included as a synonym of Salminus brasiliensis (Cuvier) in Lima et al., 2003:156.

Distribution: 342, 342, 345, 332, 333, 334, 344, 318, 312 (Géry, Lauzanne, 1990; Lima, 2006).

Salminus franciscanus Lima, Britski, 2007

Salminus franciscanus Lima, Britski, 2007:238, figs. 1–3. Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Pedro Leopoldo, stream tributary to rio das Velhas, at Igreja Quebrada, near Jaguara (19°27’S, 43°57’W). Holotype: MZUSP 89625 .

Distribution: 327 (Lima, Britski, 2007).

Salminus hilarii Valenciennes, 1850

Salminus hilarii Valenciennes , in Cuvier, Valenciennes, 1850:64 . Type locality: Rio San Francisco. [ Brazil, presumably Minas Gerais]. Lectotype: MNHN A-8658. [Designated by Géry, Lauzanne (1990:117)].

Brycon erythrura Fowler, 1941b:191 , fig. 101. Type locality: Rio Jaguaribe , Orós, Ceará. [ Brazil, Ceará, approximately 6°14’S, 38°55’W]. Holotype: ANSP 69608 .

Distribution: 344, 327, 326 (Lima, 2022:28).

Remarks: Species redescribed by Lima, 2022.

Salminus iquitensis (Nakashima, 1941)

Holobrycon iquitensis Nakashima, 1941:72 , figure. Type locality: Cercanias del Puerto de Iquitos. [Neotype locality: Peru, Loreto, Mazan, río Napo, upstream mouth of río Mazan, near Mazan, 3°29’10”S, 73°6’24”W]. Neotype: ANSP 178157 [Designated by Lima, 2022:41].

Distribution: 307, 308, 315, 316, 318 (Lima, 2022).

Remarks: Species revalidated and redescribed by Lima, 2022.

Salminus santosi Lima, 2022

Salminus santosi Lima , 2022:44, figs 15–16. Type locality: Brazil, Pará , Parauapebas , igarapé do Cinzento, rio Itacaiúnas, ca. 5°51’S, 50°32’W. Holotype: MZUSP 34916 .

Distribution: 324 (Lima, 2022).