robinii, Hypostomus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:501 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Trinidad Island, West Indies. Lectotype: MNHN A-9569 (dry, poor condition). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:71 [ref. 19575]; MNHN A.9569 accepted as holotype with Rio de La Plata specimens somewhat doubtfully included (non types); Boeseman 1968:36 [ref. 7872] designated A.9569 as lectotype, Ferraris 2007:259 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes 1840 -- (Isbrücker 1980:33 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:432 [ref. 12860], Haro et al. 1996:6 [ref. 25004] as robini, Isbrücker 2001:28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:19 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:362 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:80 [ref. 27644], Armbruster et al. 2007:67 [ref. 29252], Ferraris 2007:259 [ref. 29155], Phillip et al. 2013:19 [ref. 32896], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35633] as "Hypostomus"). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus robinii Valenciennes 1840. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago. Habitat: freshwater.