maracaibero, Lamontichthys Taphorn [D. C.] & Lilyestrom [C. G.] 1984:94, fig. 1 [Revista Unellez de Ciencia y Tecnologia v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 19837] Río Motatán, District Miranda, Trujillo, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 3592. Paratypes: MCNG 3593 (4); MBUCV-V-14616 (1); DISCA 201-1 (3), 202-2 (1), UF 30743 (1). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:11-12 [ref. 24196], Ferraris 2007:264 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Lamontichthys maracaibero Taphorn & Lilyestrom 1984 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:170 [ref. 22901], Galvis et al. 1997:88 [ref. 23651], Isbrücker 2001:29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:20 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:336 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:264 [ref. 29155], Paixão & Toledo-Piza 2009:530 [ref. 30675], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Lamontichthys maracaibero Taphorn & Lilyestrom 1984. Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Lake Maracaibo basin: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.