acus, Acestra Kner [R.] 1853:93 [29], Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 6; ref. 2627] Caracas, Venezuela. Holotype (unique): NMW 47795. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:237 [ref. 29155]. On p. 29 of separate. •Valid as Farlowella acus (Kner 1853) -- (Isbrücker 1980:96 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:440 [ref. 12860], Retzer & Page 1997:59 [ref. 23176], Isbrücker 2001:25, 27 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:15 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:332 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:237 [ref. 29155], Ballen & Mojica 2014:140 [ref. 33176], Ballen et al. 2016:[6] [ref. 34813], Ballen et al. 2016:331 [ref. 34915], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:76 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:74 [ref. 35773]). Current status: Valid as Farlowella acus (Kner 1853). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Lake Valencia and Torito River basins, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.