melini, Loricariichthys Schindler [O.] 1959:387, Fig. 1 [Arkiv för Zoologi v. 12 (no. 26); ref. 12023] Rio Solimões near Manacapuru, Brazil. Holotype (unique): NRM 10830 [?now 25560]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:246 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hemiloricaria melini (Schindler 1959) -- (Isbrücker et al. 2001:23 [ref. 25649], Isbrücker 2001:27, 30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:17 [ref. 27178], Ferraris 2007:246 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Rineloricaria melini (Schindler 1959) -- (Isbrücker 1980:108 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:442 [ref. 12860], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:343 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Valid as Rineloricaria melini (Schindler 1959). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Amazon River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.