dentex, Brycon Günther [A.] 1860:240 [8] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860 (pt 2) (art. 8); ref. 18211] Esmeraldas, 0°59'N, 79°42'W, western Ecuador. Syntypes: BMNH 1860.6.16.156-159 (4), SMNS 762 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 1995:8 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:25 [ref. 29864]. On p. 8 of separate. •Valid as Brycon dentex Günther 1860 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:28 [ref. 37559], Howes 1982:21 [ref. 14201], Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:176 [ref. 27061], Barriga Salazar 2014:108 [ref. 35745], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:166 [ref. 34894], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35633], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:130 [ref. 40816], Valenzuela et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40815]). Current status: Valid as Brycon dentex Günther 1860. Bryconidae: Bryconinae. Distribution: South America: Pacific slope (Ecuador and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.