Cheirodon Girard [C. F.] 1855:199 Masc. Cheirodon pisciculus Girard 1855. Type by monotypy. Chirodon Günther 1864:332 [ref. 1974] is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Cheirodon Girard 1855 -- (Fink & Weitzman 1974:3 [ref. 7132], Géry 1977:562, 570 [ref. 1597], Campos 1982:129 [ref. 8500], Arratia 1987 [ref. 6740], Malabarba 1989:133 [ref. 14217], Taphorn 1992:155 [ref. 23654], Malabarba 1998:210 [ref. 23844], Dyer 2000:84 [ref. 26678], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:216 [ref. 27061], Miquelarena et al. 2008:60 [ref. 29829], Mirande 2009:8 [ref. 30267], Mirande 2010:531 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:15 [ref. 31685], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561]). Current status: Valid as Cheirodon Girard 1855. Characidae: Cheirodontinae.