novoae, Achirus Cervigón [F.] 1982:243, Fig. 20 [Los recursos pesqueros del Rio Orinoco y su explotacion; ref. 20509] La Lagunita Lake, near Bolívar, Bolívar State, Venezuela. Holotype: FCLR 644. Paratypes: BMNH 1983.2.22.8 (1); FCLR 645 60 648 (2, 1, 1, 1). •Valid as Achirus novoae Cervigón 1982 -- (Marín 2000:80 [ref. 26252], Ramos in Reis et al. 2003:667 [ref. 27061], Ramos et al. 2009:61 [ref. 30194], Phillip et al. 2013:25 [ref. 32896], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:96 [ref. 35633], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:457 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Achirus novoae Cervigón 1982. Achiridae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Colombia and Venezuela; Trinidad & Tobago). Habitat: freshwater.