Pseudancistrus Bleeker [P.] 1862:2 Masc. Hypostomus barbatus Valenciennes 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Pseudancistrus Bleeker 1862 -- (Isbrücker 1980:10 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker et al. 1988:16 [ref. 6409], Burgess 1989:429 [ref. 12860], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2002:27 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:394 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 59 [ref. 27644], Armbruster 2004:5 [ref. 27844], Lujan et al. 2007:164 [ref. 29202], Ferraris 2007:286 [ref. 20155], Armbruster & Taphorn 2008:33 [ref. 29748], De Chambrier & Montoya-Burgos 2008:45 [ref. 29881], Willink et al. 2010:40 [ref. 30670], Covain & Fisch-Muller 2012:229, 235 [ref. 31998], Silva et al. 2014:4 [ref. 33302], Lujan et al. 2014:15 [ref. 33495] as Pseudancistrus clade, Silva et al. 2015:21 [ref. 33679]). Current status: Valid as Pseudancistrus Bleeker 1862. Loricariidae: Hypostominae.