bahiensis, Microlepidogaster Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1918:635 [7] [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 10; ref. 3725] Rio Itapicuru, on Federal highway BR 407, 8 kilometers north of Senhor do Bonfim to Juazeiro, Bahia State, Brazil, 10°24'49"S, 40°11'1"W Neotype: MZUSP 99753. Syntypes: (2) MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 1071 (not found). Type catalog: Britski 1969:200 [ref. 12401], Ferraris 2007:281 [ref. 29155]. On p. 7 of separate. Original as Microlepidogaster (?) bahiensis. Coordinated orginally given as 40°11'1"S, 10°24'49"W; corrected according to Eric Thomas (pers. comm., Oct. 2020). Neotype designated by Britski & Garavello 2009:61 [ref. 30260]. •Valid as Parotocinclus bahiensis (Miranda Riberio 1918) -- (Garavello 1977:18 [ref. 7249], Isbrücker 1980:79 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:438 [ref. 12860], Lacerda & Evers 1996:88 [ref. 22351], Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Ribeiro et al. 2002:223 [ref. 26534], Isbrücker 2002:25 [ref. 27178], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:326 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:281 [ref. 29155], Sarmento-Soares et al. 2009:197 [ref. 30254], Britski & Garavello 2009:61 [ref. 30260], Lehmann A. & Reis 2012:61 [ref. 32074], Lehmann A. et al. 2013:436 [ref. 32919], Ramos et al. 2013:788 [ref. 33028], Lehmann A. et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33225], Roxo et al. 2016:133 [ref. 34921] as cf. bahiensis, Silva et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37809], Silva-Junior et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37598], Vita et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37506], Ramos et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38561], Silva-Junior & Zanata 2022:7 [ref. 39783]). Current status: Valid as Parotocinclus bahiensis (Miranda Ribeiro 1918). Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: South America: upper Rio Itapicuru drainage (Bahia State, Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.