maculata, Chaetostomus (Ancistrus) cirrhosus var. Steindachner [F.] 1881:123 [23] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 43; ref. 14290] Cudajas, Obidos, Rio Tajapoura, Rio Chagres, South America. Syntypes: (several) NMW 47282 (1), 47289-90 (2, 1), 55035 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:222 [ref. 29155]. Original genus is correctly Chaetostoma. •Valid as Ancistrus maculatus (Steindachner 1881) -- (Isbrücker 1980:70 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:437 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:25, 26 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:12 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:377 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:222 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Ancistrus maculatus (Steindachner 1881). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Amazon River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.