zuliaensis, Pterygoplichthys Weber [C.] 1991:638 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 98 (no. 3); ref. 19114] Río Santa Ana, Maracaibo basin, Hacienda Río Grande, 9°36'20"N, 72°07'00"W, Estado Zulia, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V-20250 [ex MBUCV-V-14654]. Paratypes: MBUCV-V-14654 (6), V-14655 (13). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:15 [ref. 24196], Ferraris 2007:292 [ref. 29155]. Weber in Reis et al. 2003:366 [ref. 27061] has the holotype as MBUCV-V146543 [needs checking]. •Valid as Pterygoplichthys zuliaensis Weber 1991 -- (Weber 1992:7, 26 [ref. 19714], Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2001:32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:28 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:366 [ref. 27061], Armbruster & Page 2006:403 [ref. 28898], Ferraris 2007:292 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Pterygoplichthys zuliaensis Weber 1991. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Lake Maracaibo basin: Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.