variostictus, Plecostomus Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1912:6 [Loricariidae, Callichthyidae, Doradidae e Trichomycteridae Annexo no. 5; ref. 3718] Rio Coxim, tributary to Rio Paraguay, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MNRJ 1072. Type catalog: Miranda Ribeiro 1955:401 [ref. 12732], Ferraris 2007:261 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hypostomus variostictus (Miranda Ribeiro 1912) -- (Isbrücker 1980:37 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:64 [ref. 23791], Britski et al. 1998:135 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:364 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:52 [ref. 27366], Armbruster 2004:80 [ref. 27644], Menni 2004:81 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:261 [ref. 29155], Zawadzki et al. 2010:719 [ref. 31074], Koerber 2014:10 [ref. 33621] not in Argentina). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus variostictus (Miranda Ribeiro 1912). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Upper Paraguay River basin: Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.