taunayi, Ancistrus Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1918:631 [3] [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 10; ref. 3725] Rio Lageado, Itaqui, Estado de Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lectotype: MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 975. Paralectotypes: (7) MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 5398-5399 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:224 [ref. 29155]. On p. 3 of separate. Lectotype selected by Britski 1969:208 [ref. 12401]. •Valid as Ancistrus taunayi Miranda Ribeiro 1918 -- (Isbrücker 1980:73 [ref. 2303], Muller 1989:896 [ref. 13512], Burgess 1989:437 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:25 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:12 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:378 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:224 [ref. 29155], Bifi et al. 2009:41 [ref. 30541], Koerber 2011:5 [ref. 31122], Koerber 2014:9 [ref. 33621], Koerber & Litz 2014:4 [ref. 34967], de Oliveira et al. 2015:81 [ref. 33869], Mirande & Koerber 2015:41 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:417 [ref. 34561], Koerber & Litz 2016:5 [ref. 35098], Nión et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35565], Koerber et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37480], Koerber et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38894], Koerber et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40355], Loureiro et al. 2023:112 [ref. 40506], Widholzer et al. 2024:18 [ref. 40848]). Current status: Valid as Ancistrus taunayi Miranda Ribeiro 1918. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Uruguay River basin (Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.