punctulatus, Trichomycterus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:488, Pl. 552 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Lima, Peru. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3168 (5). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:60-61 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:422 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Trichomycterus punctulatus Valenciennes 1846 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:16 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:322 [ref. 12860] as punctulatum, Arratia 1998:354 [ref. 23661], Castro et al. 1998:79 [ref. 24271], Fernández 2000:32 [ref. 26195] as punctatus, de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:283 [ref. 27061], Fernández & Chuquihuamaní 2007:55 [ref. 29320], Ferraris 2007:422 [ref. 29155], Reis et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34496], Mesa S. et al. 2018:110 [ref. 35987], Vilardo et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40643] as "Trichomycterus" punctulatus). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus punctulatus Valenciennes 1846. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: South America: western Peru. Habitat: freshwater.