Acara compressus Cope, 1872 accepted as Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831) (original description)
Acara freniferus Cope, 1872 accepted as Laetacara flavilabris (Cope, 1870) (original description)
Acara syspilus Cope, 1872 accepted as Bujurquina syspilus (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Anacyrtus sanguineus Cope, 1872 accepted as Charax tectifer (Cope, 1870) (original description)
Ancistrus sericeus (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Ancistrus variolus (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Brochis coeruleus Cope, 1872 accepted as Corydoras splendens (Castelnau, 1855) (original description)
Brochis dipterus Cope, 1872 accepted as Corydoras splendens (Castelnau, 1855) (original description)
Brycon capito Cope, 1872 accepted as Brycon cephalus (Günther, 1869) (original description)
Callichthys melampterus Cope, 1872 accepted as Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock, 1828) (original description)
Chaetostomus malacops Cope, 1872 accepted as Ancistrus malacops (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Chalcinus culter Cope, 1872 accepted as Triportheus culter (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Characidium etheostoma Cope, 1872 (original description)
Corydoras acutus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Corydoras ambiacus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Corydoras amphibelus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Corydoras trilineatus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Crenicichla anthurus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Crenicichla proteus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Dianema longibarbis Cope, 1872 (original description)
Doras brachiatus Cope, 1872 accepted as Centrodoras brachiatus (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Doras grypus Cope, 1872 accepted as Anadoras grypus (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Geophagus amoenus Cope, 1872 accepted as Apistogramma amoena (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Geophagus badiipinnis Cope, 1872 accepted as Chaetobranchus flavescens Heckel, 1840 (original description)
Holotaxis laetus Cope, 1872 accepted as Pyrrhulina laeta (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Iguanodectes Cope, 1872 (original description)
Iguanodectes tenuis Cope, 1872 accepted as Iguanodectes spilurus (Günther, 1864) (original description)
Liposarcus varius Cope, 1872 accepted as Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855) (original description)
Megalobrycon erythropterum Cope, 1872 accepted as Brycon cephalus (Günther, 1869) (original description)
Megalobrycon melanopterum Cope, 1872 accepted as Brycon melanopterus (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Myletes albiscopus Cope, 1872 accepted as Mylossoma albiscopum (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Myletes herniarius Cope, 1872 accepted as Mylossoma aureum (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (original description)
Myletes oculus Cope, 1872 accepted as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1816) (original description)
Otocinclus vestitus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Pariolius Cope, 1872 (original description)
Pariolius armillatus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Pellona altamazonica Cope, 1872 (original description)
Physopyxis lyra Cope, 1872 (original description)
Plecostomus biseriatus Cope, 1872 accepted as Squaliforma biseriata (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Roeboides rubrivertex Cope, 1872 accepted as Roeboides myersii Gill, 1870 (original description)
Serrasalmo iridopsis Cope, 1872 accepted as Serrasalmus humeralis Valenciennes, 1850 (original description)
Serrasalmus aesopus Cope, 1872 accepted as Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858 (original description)
Stethaprion chryseum Cope, 1872 accepted as Stethaprion erythrops Cope, 1870 (original description)
Tetragonopterus phoenicopterus Cope, 1872 accepted as Bryconamericus phoenicopterus (Cope, 1872) (original description)
Triportheus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Triportheus albus Cope, 1872 (original description)
Triportheus flavus Cope, 1872 accepted as Triportheus angulatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (original description)
Uarus Cope, 1872 accepted as Uaru Heckel, 1840 (original description)
Uarus centrarchoides Cope, 1872 accepted as Heros efasciatus Heckel, 1840 (original description)
Xiphostoma taedo Cope, 1872 accepted as Boulengerella maculata (Valenciennes, 1850) (original description)
Zathorax monitor Cope, 1872 accepted as Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872) (original description)