knerii, Trichomycterus Steindachner [F.] 1882:142 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 19 (no. 16) (for 22 June 1882); ref. 20485] Canelos, eastern Ecuador. Syntypes: (several) NMW 43328 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:419 [ref. 29155]. Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner 1882:81 [p. 21 in separate], Pl. 5 (figs. 1-1a) [ref. 4233]. •Valid as Trichomycterus knerii Steindachner 1882 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:36 [ref. 37559] as kneri, Burgess 1989:322 [ref. 12860], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:282 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:419 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:111 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35633], Vilardo et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40643] as "Trichomycterus" knerii). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus knerii Steindachner 1882. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Colombia and Ecuador). Habitat: freshwater.