roseopunctatus, Hypostomus Reis [R. E.], Weber [C.] & Malabarba [L. R.] 1990:756, Figs. 2, 25-28 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 97 (no. 3); ref. 16139] Rio Pelotas at road from Esmeralda to Anita Garibaldi, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 12239. Paratypes: MAPA 2315 (1); MCP 11770-71 (1, 1), 11773 (1), 11805 (1), 11840 (1), 12682 (2), 12702 (1), 12800 (1), 12802-03 (1, 3), 12393 (2), 12952 (1); MHNG 2414.10 (1); USNM 303681 (1); plus more from Santa Catarina. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:259 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Watawata roseopunctata (Reis, Weber & Malabarba 1990) -- (Isbrücker et al. 2001:23 [ref. 25649], Isbrücker 2001:28, 32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:30 [ref. 27178], López et al. 2003:52 [ref. 27366]). •Valid as Hypostomus roseopunctatus Reis, Weber & Malabarba 1990 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:169 [ref. 22901], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:362 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:80 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:259 [ref. 29155], Koerber 2011:5 [ref. 31122], Koerber & Litz 2014:4 [ref. 34967], Cardoso et al. 2016:22 [ref. 34373], Bertaco et al. 2016:418 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:32 [ref. 35565], Koerber & Litz 2016:5 [ref. 35098], Zawadzki et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35355], Zawadzki et al. 2019:[11] [ref. 37170], Koerber et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37480], Mirande & Koerber 2020:2 [ref. 37594], Terán et al. 2020:1 [ref. 37415], Azevedo et al. 2021:9 [ref. 38203], Koerber et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38894], Koerber et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40355], Loureiro et al. 2023:107 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus roseopunctatus Reis, Weber & Malabarba 1990. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Uruguay River basin (Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.