francirochai, Otocinclus Ihering [R. von] 1928:2, Fig. 1 [Boletim Biologico, Trabalho do Laboratorio de Parasitologia da Facultade de Medicina de São Paulo v. 11 (no. 42); ref. 13840] Creeks by Pirangy, head waters of Rio Turvo, Brazil. Lectotype: MZUSP 3258 [ex DZSASP]. Paralectotypes: MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 5387-5397 (11). Type catalog: Britski 1969:209 [ref. 12401], Ferraris 2007:248 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Britski 1969:209 [ref. 12401]. •Valid as Otocinclus francirochai Ihering 1928 -- (Isbrücker 1980:82 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:438 [ref. 12860]). •In Microlepidogaster -- (Schaefer 1997:8 [ref. 23213]). •Valid as Microlepidogaster francirochai (Ihering 1928) -- (Castro & Casatti 1997:342 [ref. 23333]). •Valid as Hisonotus francirochai (Ihering 1928) -- (Isbrücker 2001:28, 30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:17 [ref. 27178], Britski & Garavello 2003:593 [ref. 27131], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:322 [ref. 27061], Almirón & Azpelicueta 2006:92 [ref. 28713], Azpelicueta & Almirón 2007:596 [ref. 29353], Britski & Garavello 2007:414 [ref. 29429], Ferraris 2007:248 [ref. 29155], Chiachio et al. 2008:610 [ref. 30127], Garvalho & Reis 2011:27 [ref. 31240], Roxo et al. 2015:137 [ref. 33763], Zawadzki et al. 2016:380 [ref. 34367], Roxo et al. 2016:235 [ref. 34426], Roxo et al. 2017:267 [ref. 35139], Calegari et al. 2017:243 [ref. 35203], Roxo et al. 2018:[12] [ref. 35900], Dias et al. 2018:583 [ref. 36235], Reis et al. 2020:469 [ref. 38364]). Current status: Valid as Hisonotus francirochai (Ihering 1928). Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: South America: Grande River basin, upper Paraná River basin (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.