Parotocinclus (subgenus of Hisonotus) Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1889:41 Masc. Otocinclus maculicauda Steindachner 1877. Type by monotypy. See Le Bail et al. 2000:262 [ref. 24549]. •Valid as Parotocinclus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889 -- (Garavello 1976 [ref. 7249], Isbrücker 1980:80 [ref. 2303], Schaefer 1988:182 [ref. 6236], Garavello 1988:117 [ref. 6853], Burgess 1989:438 [ref. 12860], Schaefer 1991:2 [ref. 18926], Schaefer & Provenzano 1993 [ref. 20828], Lacerda & Evers 1996:88 [ref. 22351], Schaefer 1997:41 [ref. 23213], Reis & Schaefer 1998:23 [ref. 23691], Schaefer 1998:377 [ref. 23692], de Pinna 1998:305 [ref. 23847], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:326 [ref. 27061], Garavello & Britski 2003:253 [ref. 27469], Gauger & Buckup 2005:509 [ref. 28562], Cramer et al. 2007:56 [ref. 29959] as polyphyletic, Ferraris 2007:281 [ref. 29155], Sarmento-Soares et al. 2009:191 [ref. 30254], Britski & Garavello 2009:60 [ref. 30260], Martins & Langeani 2011:76 [ref. 31235], Garvalho & Reis 2011:1 [ref. 31240], Lehmann A. & Reis 2012:56 [ref. 32074], Lehmann A. et al. 2013:435 [ref. 32919], Ramos et al. 2013:787 [ref. 33028]; Lehmann A. et al. 2014:27 [ref. 33225], Lehmann A. et al. 2015:47 [ref. 33723], Ramos et al. 2016:[1] [ref. 34352], Roxo et al. 2016:125 [ref. 34921], Roxo et al. 2017:260 [ref. 35139], Ramos et al. 2017:[1] [ref. 35268], Lehmann A. et al. 2018:584 [ref. 36321], Roxo et al. 2019:346 [ref. 36855], Pereira et al. 2019:597 [ref. 37052], Silva-Junior et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37598], Lehmann A. et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37693], Lehmann A. & Reis 2021:449 [ref. 38354], Ramos et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38561], Lehmann A. et al. 2022:69 [ref. 39041], Silva-Junior & Zanata 2022:1 [ref. 39783]). Current status: Valid as Parotocinclus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae.