niveatus, Plecostomus LaMonte [F. R.] 1929:3, Figs. 2-3 [American Museum Novitates No. 373; ref. 3039] Caño Pescado, 5 miles north of Esmeralda, Upper Orinoco drainage, Venezuela, elevation about 325 feet. Holotype (unique): AMNH 9601 [not 9061]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:234 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Peckoltia niveata (LaMonte 1929) -- (Isbrücker 1980:56 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:435 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Dekeyseria niveata (LaMonte 1929) -- (Isbrücker 2001:26, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:15 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:383 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:234 [ref. 29155], Armbruster et al. 2015:100 [ref. 33670]). Current status: Valid as Dekeyseria niveata (LaMonte 1929). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Upper Orinoco River basin, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.