micropunctatus, Plecostomus LaMonte [F. R.] 1935:1, Fig. 1 [American Museum Novitates No. 784; ref. 13893] Near mouth of Rio Macaua, tributary of Rio Iaco, itself a tributary to Rio Purus, near Sena Madureira, Brazil. Holotype: AMNH 12598. Paratypes: AMNH 26943 (4), ?MSNM 44 [ex MSNM 4699 and ex AMNH] (3). Type catalog: Conci & Michelangeli 1974:227 [ref. 21560], Ferraris 2007:225 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hypostomus micropunctatus (LaMonte 1935) -- (Isbrücker 1980:28 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:431 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Aphanotorulus micropunctatus (LaMonte 1935) -- (Armbruster & Page 1996:384 [ref. 22151], Burgess & Finley 1996:170 [ref. 22901], Isbrücker 2001:25, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:12 [ref. 27178]). •Synonym of Hypostomus unicolor (Steindachner 1908) -- (Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644]). •Synonym of Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner 1908) -- (Armbruster 1998:254 [ref. 23319], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:352 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:225 [ref. 29155], Ray & Armbruster 2016:525 [ref. 34178]). Current status: Synonym of Aphanotorulus unicolor (Steindachner 1908). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.