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CAS 77349 (IU 17014) Rhinelepis levis Pearson [N. E.], 1924 Holotype  [Collection database record]
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levis, Rhinelepis Pearson [N. E.] 1924:22, Pl. 5 (figs. 1-3) [Indiana University Studies v. 11 (no. 64); ref. 3396] Huachi, Río Madeira system, Bolivia. Holotype: CAS 77349 [ex IU 17014]. Paratypes: CAS 77350 [ex IU 17014] (3, now 2), UMMZ 66496 [ex IU 17014] (1). Additional material or paratypes: CAS 56747 [ex IU 17015] (4, now 3, 1 c&s). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:255 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Cochliodon levis (Pearson 1924) -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Armbruster & Page 1997:231 [ref. 22698], Isbrücker 2001:26, 32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:14 [ref. 27178]). •Valid as Hypostomus levis (Pearson 1924) -- (Isbrücker 1980:25-26 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:431 [ref. 12860], Weber & Montoya-Burgos 2002:366 [ref. 26428], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:359 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2003:35 [ref. 27426], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644], Hollanda Carvalho & Weber 2004:954 [ref. 28067], Ferraris 2007:255 [ref. 29155], Martins et al. 2012:496 [ref. 32197], Zawadzki & Carvalho 2014:36 [ref. 33227], Tencatt et al. 2014:602 [ref. 33520], Sarmiento et al. 2014:191 [ref. 35004], Oliveira et al. 2020:8 [ref. 37668], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus levis (Pearson 1924). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon basin (Bolivia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.
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