Parancistrus Bleeker [P.] 1862:2 Masc. Hypostomus aurantiacus Castelnau 1855. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Parancistrus Bleeker 1862 -- (Isbrücker 1980:58 [ref. 2303], Heitmans et al. 1983 [ref. 5278], Burgess 1989:435 [ref. 12860], Rapp Py-Daniel 1989:236 [ref. 13470], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Armbruster 2002:87 [ref. 25891], Isbrücker 2002:25 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:391 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 59 [ref. 27644] as Castelnau 1855, Rapp Py-Daniel & Zuanon 2005:571 [ref. 28565], Ferraris 2007:278 [ref. 29155], Lujan et al. 2009:50 [ref. 30056]). Current status: Valid as Parancistrus Bleeker 1862. Loricariidae: Hypostominae.