damasceni, Xenocara Steindachner [F.] 1907:292 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse v. 44 (no. 17) (for 4 July 1907); ref. 18799] Rio Parnahyba near Victoria and Filomena, Brazil. Syntypes: (several) NMW 43489-90 (4, 7); ZSM 7579 [ex NMW 43491] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:220 [ref. 29155], Neumann 2011:268 [ref. 31652]. •Valid as Ancistrus damasceni (Steindachner 1907) -- (Isbrücker 1980:68 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:437 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:25, 32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:12 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:375 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:220 [ref. 29155], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Koerber et al. 2022:53 [ref. 39235], Vieira et al. 2023:20 [ref. 40759] as cf. damasceni). Current status: Valid as Ancistrus damasceni (Steindachner 1907). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Parnaíba River basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.