wuchereri, Plecostomus Günther [A.] 1864:235 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Bahia, Brazil. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1844.5.29.11 (1), BMNH 1844.5.29.12 (1), BMNH 1852.9.13.128 (1), 1863.3.27.15 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:262 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype(s) designated by Zanata & Pitanga 2016:231 [ref. 34535], but this is incorrect, you can't designate two lectotypes for one species. •Valid as Hypostomus wuchereri (Günther 1864) -- (Isbrücker 1980:38 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:433 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [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], Bitencourt et al. 2011:317 [ref. 31390] as cf. wuchereri, Zanata & Pitanga 2016:231 [ref. 34535], Zawadzki et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35355], Zawadzki et al. 2017:572 [ref. 35666], Silva et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37809], Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:48 [ref. 41258]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus wuchereri (Günther 1864). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Bahia State (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.