scintillans, Astyanax Myers [G. S.] 1928:88 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) v. 2 (no. 7); ref. 3100] Playa Matepalma, Río Orinoco, Venezuela. Syntypes: CAS 39493 [ex IU uncat.] (2). •Valid as Astyanax scintillans Myers 1928 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:112 [ref. 27061], Garutti & Venere 2009:378 [ref. 30493], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35633], Dagosta & Marinho 2022:12 [ref. 39122]). Current status: Valid as Astyanax scintillans Myers 1928. Characidae: Stethaprioninae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin: Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.