phelpsi, Spatuloricaria Schultz [L. P.] 1944:335, Pl. 14 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 94 (no. 3172); ref. 3959] Río Socuy, 3 kilometers above its mouth, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Holotype (unique): USNM 121121. Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:31 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:297 [ref. 29155] •Valid as Spatuloricaria phelpsi Schultz 1944 -- (Isbrücker 1980:114 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:443 [ref. 12860], Galvis et al. 1997:97 [ref. 23651] as phelsi, Isbrücker 2001:32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:29 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:345 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:297 [ref. 29155], Fichberg et al. 2014:323 [ref. 33358], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Spatuloricaria phelpsi Schultz 1944. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.