perforatus, Microlepidogaster Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1889:9 [West American Scientist v. 6 (no. 42); ref. 1258] Rio Carandahí, tributary of Rio das Velhas at Carandaí, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MCZ 8181 [not 8182]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155]. Also described as new in Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889 (Aug.):42 [ref. 1253]. •Valid as Otocinclus perforatus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889) -- (Isbrücker 1980:84 [ref. 2303]). •Valid as Microlepidogaster perforatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889 -- (Burgess 1989:439 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178] as perforata, Britto & Moreira 2002:1064 [ref. 26512], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:324 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155], Chiachio et al. 2008:610 [ref. 30127] as cf. perforatus, Calegari & Reis 2010:626 [ref. 30974], Martins & Langeani 2011:66 [ref. 31235], Martins & Langeani 2011:80 [ref. 31236] as perforatus, Martins et al. 2013:386 [ref. 32415], Martins et al. 2014:560 [ref. 33544], Calegari et al. 2014:220 [ref. 33627], Martins et al. 2017:242 [ref. 35356], Martins 2022:277 [ref. 39327]). Current status: Valid as Microlepidogaster perforata Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1889. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: Carandahí River drainage, upper Paraná River basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.