festae, Arges Boulenger [G. A.] 1898:9 [Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino v. 13 (no. 329); ref. 14677] Gualaquiza Valley, eastern Ecuador. Syntypes: BMNH 1898.11.4.23-29 (7); MZUT 1486 (1), 1497 (3). Type catalog: Tortonese 1940:138 [ref. 21559], Ferraris 2007:64 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Astroblepus festae (Boulenger 1898) -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:37 [ref. 37559], Burgess 1989:449 [ref. 12860], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:313 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:64 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:111 [ref. 35745]). Current status: Valid as Astroblepus festae (Boulenger 1898). Astroblepidae. Distribution: South America: upper Marañón River basin (southern Ecuador). Habitat: freshwater.