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Comments 



See section on nomenclatural status of the genus Tetranematichthys for a 

 detailed discussion of the taxonomic history of this species. , 



Material Examined 



Type Material . - Holotype : NMW 43343 (female, 76.5), Rio Guapore, 

 Brazil. 



Brazil . - Para : CAS 6424 (male, 109), Rio Amazonas, Santarem market, 

 December 1924. MZUSP 9354-9355 (male, 130; female, 155), Igarape, Pacui, km 97 

 on road between Belem and Brasilia, 15 August-20 October 1959. MZUSP uncat. 

 (male, 66.4), Igarape, bank of Rio Tapajos, near Boim, 27 October 1970, EPA. 

 MZUSP uncat. (female, 125), Igarape do Limao, bay on Rio Tocantins, 9 

 September 1970, EPA. Amazonas : MZUSP 30590 (female, 141), Rio Negro, M. 

 Goulding. MZUSP 30591 (male, 122), Rio Negro, Rio Arirara, near mouth, 8 

 October 1979, M. Goulding. Mato Grosso : MZUSP 37517 (2 males, 115-116; 4 

 females, 119-142), Rio Guapor6, Vila Bela da Santissima Trindade, 28-30 

 September 1984, J. C. Garavello. 



Venezuela . - Bolivar : ANSP 135821 (8 males, 76-136; 4 females, 78-164), 

 Cano Morichal Zamorai between Rio Tiquire on Maripa-Cuidad Bolivar highway, 

 approximately 7°28' N, 64°54' W, 3 February 1977, J. E. Bohlke et al. MCNG 6697 

 (male, 139), Cano Caripito at El Palomo, 6°34' N, 66°51 'W, 30 March 1982, D. C. 

 Taphom et al. Amazonas : MCNG 3018 (male, 129), Rfo Manapiare, between 

 Yutaje and El Salto, 16 March 1981, S. Reid and C. G. Ulyestrom. MCNG 6334 

 (male, 163; female, c/s), procedentes del Acuario de Valencia, November 1981. 

 USNM 269994 (male, 146), Cano Chola where crossed by road from San Carlos de 

 Rio Negro to Solano, 5 December 1984, R. P. Van et al. USNM 269995 (female, 



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