simillima, Loricaria Regan [C. T.] 1904:292, Pl. 17 (fig. 2) [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1); ref. 3621] Canelos, eastern Ecuador. Lectotype: BMNH 1880.12.8.77. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1880.12.8.78-80 (2 of 3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:269 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Isbrücker 1979:110 [ref. 2302]. •Valid as Loricaria simillima Regan 1904 -- (Ovchynnyk 1967:38 [ref. 37559], Isbrücker 1980:119 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:67 [ref. 5522], Ortega & Vari 1986:17 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:443 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:62 [ref. 23791], Almirón & López 1997:3 [ref. 23554], Britski et al. 1998:132 [ref. 24147], Isbrücker et al. 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:22 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:338 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:46 [ref. 27366], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:339 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:79 [ref. 28131], Rodríguez & Miquelarena 2005:141 [ref. 28787], Ferraris 2007:269 [ref. 29155], Thomas & Sabaj Pérez 2010:281 [ref. 30831], Rodriguez et al. 2012:54 [ref. 31866], Thomas et al. 2013:377 [ref. 32997], Barriga Salazar 2014:112 [ref. 35745], Koerber & Litz 2014:4 [ref. 34967], Sarmiento et al. 2014:191 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:45 [ref. 35117], Koerber & Litz 2016:5 [ref. 35098], Nión et al. 2016:31 [ref. 35565] as aff. simillina, DoNascimiento et al. 2017:78 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35267], Koerber et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37480], Koerber et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38894], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298], Saraiva et al. 2021:432 [ref. 38090], Koerber et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40355], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2023:8 [ref. 40487], Loureiro et al. 2023:102 [ref. 40506] as cf. simillima). Current status: Valid as Loricaria simillima Regan 1904. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Orinoco and La Plata River basins (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.