clavipinna, Loricaria Fowler [H. W.] 1940:247, Figs. 44-47 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 91 (for 1939); ref. 1432] Contamana, Ucayali River basin, Peru. Holotype (unique): ANSP 68665. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:122 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Loricaria clavipinna Fowler 1940 -- (Isbrücker 1980:117 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:78 [ref. 5522], Ortega & Vari 1986:17 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:443 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:21 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:337 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:268 [ref. 29155], Thomas & Sabaj Pérez 2010:280 [ref. 30831], Barriga Salazar 2014:112 [ref. 35745], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298], Saraiva et al. 2021:432 [ref. 38090], Londoño-Burbano et al. 2023:20 [ref. 40487]). Current status: Valid as Loricaria clavipinna Fowler 1940. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Brazil, Ecuador and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.