Spectracanthicus Nijssen [H.] & Isbrücker [I. J. H.] 1987:93 Masc. Spectracanthicus murinus Nijssen & Isbrücker 1987. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Spectracanthicus Nijssen & Isbrücker 1987 -- (Burgess 1989:445 [ref. 12860] as Spectracanthus, Armbruster 2002:87 [ref. 25891], Isbrücker 2002:29 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:395 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:53, 59 [ref. 27644] dated 1986, Ferraris 2007:297 [ref. 29155], Lujan et al. 2009:50 [ref. 30056], [check] Chamon & Rapp Py-Daniel 2014:2 [ref. 33224], Chamon et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35755]). Current status: Valid as Spectracanthicus Nijssen & Isbrücker 1987. Loricariidae: Hypostominae.