Ancistrus Kner [R.] 1854:272 Masc. Hypostomus cirrhosus Valenciennes 1836. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1862:2 [ref. 393]. •Valid as Ancistrus Kner 1854 -- (Isbrücker 1980:65 [ref. 2303], Heitmans et al. 1983:33 [ref. 5278], Reis 1987:81 [ref. 6263], Burgess 1989:436 [ref. 12860], Muller 1989 [ref. 13512], Malabarba 1989:148 [ref. 14217], Muller et al. 1994 [ref. 21571], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1997:185 [ref. 22785], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Britski et al. 1999:134 [ref. 24147], Sabaj et al. 1999:217 [ref. 24242], Isbrücker 2002:11 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:373 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 59 [ref. 27644], Fisch-Muller et al. 2005:559 [ref. 28242], Fisch-Muller et al. 2005:525 [ref. 28561], Proudlove 2006:151 [ref. 28992], Geerinckx et al. 2007:47 [ref. 29179], Ferraris 2007:219 [ref. 29155], Bifi et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30541], Taphorn et al. 2010:21 [ref. 30697], Lujan & Birindelli 2011:44 [ref. 31408], Taphorn et al. 2013:343 [ref. 32678], de Oliveira et al. 2015:73 [ref. 33869], de Oliveira et al. 2016:68 [ref. 34368], Bertaco et al. 2016:417 [ref. 34561], Prizon et al. 2016:625 [ref. 34931], Provenzano & Barriga-Salazar 2018:211 [ref. 36344], de Souza et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36504], Bifi et al. 2019:1 [ref. 36821], Bifi & Ortega 2020:1 [ref. 37454], Neuhaus et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39129], Neuhaus et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40715], Widholzer et al. 2024:1 [ref. 40848]). Current status: Valid as Ancistrus Kner 1854. Loricariidae: Hypostominae.