sapito, Dupouyichthys Schultz [L. P.] 1944:245, Pl. 4 (fig. D); Fig. 4b [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 94 (no. 3172); ref. 3959] Río Motatán, at the bridge 22 kilometers north of Motatán, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121072. Paratypes: MCZ 37295 [ex USNM 121074] (1); USNM 121073 (3), 121074 (3, now 2), 121122 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:9 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:60 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Dupouyichthys sapito Schultz 1944 -- (Mees 1988:90 [ref. 6401], Burgess 1989:304 [ref. 12860], Galvis et al. 1997:76 [ref. 23651], Mojica et al. 2000:353 [ref. 25593], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:263 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:60 [ref. 29155], Reis et al. 2016:15 [ref. 34496], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Dupouyichthys sapito Schultz 1944. Aspredinidae: Hoplomyzontinae. Distribution: Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.