Hypoptopoma Günther [A.] 1868:477 Neut. Hypoptopoma thoracatum Günther 1868. Type by monotypy. Also in Günther 1868:234 [ref. 5756]. Hypoptoma is a misspelling. •Valid as Hypoptopoma Günther 1868 -- (Isbrücker 1980:86 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:439 [ref. 12860], Schaefer 1996:925 [ref. 22565], Schaefer 1997:41 [ref. 23213], Schaefer 1991:2 [ref. 18926], Schaefer 1998:377 [ref. 23692], de Pinna 1998:305 [ref. 23847], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Britski et al. 1999:133 [ref. 24147], Aquino & Miquelarena 2001:1 [ref. 26083], Isbrücker 2002:18 [ref. 27178], Aquino & Schaefer 2002:374 [ref. 26022], Britto & Moreira 2002:1067 [ref. 26512], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:323 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:249 [ref. 29155], Aquino & Schaefer 2010:7 [ref. 30875], Delapieve et al. 2018:22 [ref. 35713]). Current status: Valid as Hypoptopoma Günther 1868. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae.