ventromaculatus, Hypostomus Boeseman [M.] 1968:65, 79 [addendum], Pl. 15 (figs. 1-4) [Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) No. 99; ref. 7872] Suriname River between Afobaka and Brokopondo, Suriname. Holotype: RMNH 25507. Paratypes: RMNH 18793 (2), 25505-06 (2, 1), 25508-10 (1, 7, 1); ZMA 105555 (1), 106150 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:262 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Weber et al. 2012:210 [ref. 31999]). •Valid as Hypostomus ventromaculatus Boeseman 1968 -- (Isbrücker 1980:37 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860], Le Bail et al. 2000:256, 258 [ref. 24549], Isbrücker 2001:28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:364 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:80 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:262 [ref. 29155], Melo et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34701]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus ventromaculatus Boeseman 1968. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Guianan coastal drainages from Oyapock River to Suriname River (French Guiana, Brazil and Suriname). Habitat: freshwater.