varimaculosus, Plecostomus Fowler [H. W.] 1945:113, Figs. 14-16 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 97; ref. 1454] Morelia, Río Caquetá drainage, Colombia [probably Bodoquero River, near the town of Morelia]. Holotype (unique): ANSP 71707. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:125 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:261 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hypostomus varimaculosus (Fowler 1945) -- (Isbrücker 1980:37 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:363 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:80 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:261 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:82 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus varimaculosus (Fowler 1945). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Amazon River basin: Brazil and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.