Serrasalmidae
Serrasalmo albus
Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821).
FROM FRANK MAGALLANES
I noted the current status by CAS S. albus is carried as a synonym of Serrasalmus cariba (Humboldt 1821). I suspect CAS might have made a technical error and the genus should be Pygocentrus cariba and not Serrasalmus cariba. Hopefully, I'll get an answer to my email regarding this and will follow up on this page. You might read my follow up on this species on P. cariba.
albus, Serrasalmo Humboldt [F. H. A. von] in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821:173, Pl. 47 (fig. 1) [Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, Deuxième partie. v. 2 (Title page 1833); Not regarded as a species; should have been "Serrasalmo Cariba, albus..." according to Fink 1993:669. Invalid name (as Serrasalmus albus) (Machado-Allison et al. 1991:125). •In the synonymy of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821) -- (Fink 1993:669, Nico 2001:139 with comments, Machado-Allison 2002:58, Jégu in Reis et al. 2003:189). •In the synonymy of Serrasalmus cariba (Humboldt 1821).
REFERENCES
Humboldt, F. H. A. von and A. Valenciennes 1821 Recherches sur les poissons fluviatiles de l'Amérique Équinoxiale. In: Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, Deuxième partie. Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie comparée. Paris. Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, Deuxième partie. v. 2 (Title page 1833): 145-216, Pls. 45-52. [For dates of publication see Sherborn 1899, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7) v. 3: 428; see also Lazara 1993 [ref. 21300] for authorships.]
Fink, W. L. 1993 (18 Aug.) Revision of the piranha genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei, Characiformes). Copeia 1993 (no. 3): 665-687.
Nico, L. G. 2001 Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859): contributions to knowledge of new world fishes. BioLlania Ed. Esp. no. 7: 127-165.
Machado-Allison, A. 2002 Los peces caribes de Venezuela: una aproximación a su estudio taxonómico. Biblioteca de la Academia de Cieancias Fisicas, Mathematics y Naturales, Caracas. v. 62 (no. 1): 35-88.
Reis, R. E. , S. O. Kullander, and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2003 Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. CLOFFSCA. Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. CLOFFSCA. 2003: i-xi + 1-729.
William Eschmeyer California Academty of Sciences (CAS) VIEW
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