chotae, Arges Regan [C. T.] 1904:313, Pl. 21 (fig. 5) [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1); ref. 3621] Chota Valley, northern Ecuador. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1898.11.4.22. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Astroblepus chotae (Regan 1904) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:37 [ref. 37559], Burgess 1989:448 [ref. 12860], Galvis et al. 1997:98 [ref. 23651], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:313 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:63 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:111 [ref. 35745], Ardila Rodríguez 2015:3 [ref. 34412], Jiménez-Prado et al. 2015:246 [ref. 34894], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Astroblepus chotae (Regan 1904). Astroblepidae. Distribution: South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.