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Sladkovodní druhy široce rozšířené v jihoamerických řekách v povodí Amzonky a Orinoka, pobřežní řeky Guayany, rio Sao Francisco a Rio Paraná, Paraguay a povodí Uruguaye. Nejvíce druhů pochází z povodí Amazonky a Orinoka.
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Eigenmann, C. H. 1912. The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. Mem. Carnegie Mus. v. 5 (no. 1). i-xxii + 1-578.
Géry, J. 1966. Hoplocharax goethei, a new genus and species of South American characoid fishes, with a review of the sub-tribe Heterocharacini. Ichthyol. Aquarium J. v. 38 (no. 3). 281-296.
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Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Fishes v. 5. i-xxii + 1-455.