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Species in the genus Metaloricaria: [ 2 ] records

nijsseni, Harttia Boeseman [M.] 1976:170, Pl. 8 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 50 (no. 11); ref. 6991] Sipaliwini River, southwestern Suriname. Holotype: RMNH 27498. Paratypes: RMNH 27494-97 (3, 1, 1, 5), 27499-501 (5, 4, 2), 27502 (orig. 4, now 3), 27503-04 (1, 1); USNM 216482 [probably ex RMNH 27502] (1); ZMA 114310 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:52 [ref. 19236], Ferraris & Vari 1992:27 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Metaloricaria paucidens Isbrücker 1975, but a valid subspecies -- (Le Bail et al. 2000:284 [ref. 24549]). •Valid as Metaloricaria nijsseni (Boeseman 1976) -- (Isbrücker 1980:96 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:440 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:27, 30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:339 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Metaloricaria nijsseni (Boeseman 1976). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Suriname, Saramacca, Nickerie and Corantijn River basins, Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.

paucidens, Metaloricaria Isbrücker [I. J. H.] 1975:2, Fig. 1 [Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences de Belgique, Biologie v. 50 (no. 4); ref. 2301] Creek at right bank of Ouaqui River, upstream of Sant Bali, French Guiana. Holotype: IRSNB 549. Paratypes: IRSNB 550 (orig. 4, now 2), 551 (1), 552 (orig. 3, now 2), 553 (orig. 4, now 3); MZUSP [ex IRSNB 550] (2), [ex IRSNB 552] (1), [ex IRSNB 553] (1); ZMA 112741 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:59 [ref. 19236], Walschaerts 1987:21 [ref. 20755], Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Metaloricaria paucidens Isbrücker 1975 -- (Isbrücker 1980:96 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:440 [ref. 12860], Le Bail et al. 2000:284 [ref. 24549], Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:339 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155], Borstein et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39507]). Current status: Valid as Metaloricaria paucidens Isbrücker 1975. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: South America: Oyapock, Sinnamary and Marowijne River basins (French Guiana and Suriname). Habitat: freshwater.