brevis, Plecostomus Nichols [J. T.] 1919:413 [5], 423 [5] [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 11; ref. 15221] Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Holotype (unique): AMNH 7150. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:252 [ref. 29155]. On p. 5 of both Portuguese and English sections of separate. •Valid as Hypostomus brevis (Nichols 1919) -- (Isbrücker 1980:21 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:430 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:18 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:356 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:252 [ref. 29155], Cardoso et al. 2012:77 [ref. 32154]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus brevis (Nichols 1919). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Paraná River basin [or eastern Brazilian coastal drainage?], Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.