megalops, Centromochlus Kner [R.] 1858:430 [60], Pl. 8 (fig. 24) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 26 (s. 373); ref. 2630] Bogota, Colombia. Syntypes: NMW 47359-60 (1, 1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:00 [ref. 29155]. On p. 60 of separate. •Species inquirenda in Centromochlus -- (Ferraris 2007:73 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Centromochlus megalops Kner 1858 -- (Royero 1999:254 [ref. 41762], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:474 [ref. 27061], Grant 2015:4 [ref. 33806] in subgenus Centromochlus, see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[22] [ref. 35679]). Current status: Valid as Centromochlus megalops Kner 1858. Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco system (Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.
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