lacerta, Plecostomus Nichols [J. T.] 1919:424 [6] [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 11; ref. 15221] Poço Grande, Rio Juquia, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil. Holotype: AMNH 7151 or 7152 (published). Paratypes: AMNH 7159 (1), MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 964 (1). Type catalog: Britski 1969:209 [ref. 12401], Ferraris 2007:263 [ref. 29155]. On p. 6 of both Portuguese and English sections of separate. •Valid as Hypostomus lacerta (Nichols 1919) -- (Isbrücker 1980:25 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:431 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols 1919) -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Armbruster & Page 1997:228 [ref. 22698], Isbrücker 2001:29, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:365 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:263 [ref. 29155], Roxo et al. 2012:38 [ref. 32073], Pereira & Reis 2017:73 [ref. 35307], Reis et al. 2020:468 [ref. 38364], Souza et al. 2020:[3] [ref. 38094]). Current status: Valid as Kronichthys lacerta (Nichols 1919). Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: South America: Baia de Paranaguá and Ribeira de Iguapé River basin to Santa Catarina State (southern Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.