vetula, Loricaria Valenciennes [A.] 1835:Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale; ref. 20720] Vicinity of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-8996. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:73 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:278 [ref. 29155]. Name available from plate, description in Valenciennes 1847:8 [ref. 5010]. Pl. 6 was published in 1835. See also Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:466 [ref. 1008]. •Valid as Paraloricaria vetula (Valenciennes 1835) -- (Isbrücker 1980:115 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:89 [ref. 5522], Burgess 1989:443 [ref. 12860], Gómez & Chebez 1996:63 [ref. 23791], Sverlij et al. 1998:69 [ref. 27632] dated 1840, Isbrücker et al. 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:25 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:340 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:47 [ref. 27366], Menni 2004:81 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:278 [ref. 29155], Litz & Koerber 2014:27 [ref. 33622], Mirande & Koerber 2015:45 [ref. 35117], Bertaco et al. 2016:419 [ref. 34561], Nión et al. 2016:31 [ref. 35565] dated 1840, Loureiro et al. 2023:104 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Paraloricaria vetula (Valenciennes 1835). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: South America: La Plata River basin (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.