auroguttatus, Hypostomus Kner [R.] (ex Natterer & Heckel) 1854:269 [19], Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 7; ref. 2628] Locality unknown. Syntypes: (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:251 [ref. 29155]. On p. 19 of separate. •Valid as Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner 1854 -- (Isbrücker 1980:20 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:430 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:63 [ref. 23791], Britski et al. 1998:135 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker 2001:28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:18 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:356 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:50 [ref. 27366], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644] with Natterer & Heckel as authors, Menni 2004:81 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:251 [ref. 29155], Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33621] not in Argentina, Litz & Koerber 2014:25 [ref. 33622], Penido et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38145], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:47 [ref. 41258]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus auroguttatus Kner 1854. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Paraná River drainage (Brazil and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.