flagellaris, Plecostomus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:158 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Suriname. Holotype: BMNH 1863.11.12.195. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758 -- (Isbrücker 1980:116 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:60 [ref. 5522], Isbrücker 2001:31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:26 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.