galani, Ancistrus Pérez [A.] & Viloria [A.] 1994:105, Figs. 3-5 [Mémoires de Biospéologie v. 21; ref. 22094] Los Laureles cave, Río Socuy, Sierra de Perijá, Zulia State, Venezuela, 10°45'04"N, 72°27'42"W, elevation 650 meters. Holotype: MBLUZ 04351. Paratypes: MCP 15634 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:221 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Ancistrus galani Pérez & Viloria 1994 -- (Burgess & Finley 1996:170 [ref. 22901], Sabino & Trajano 1997:73 [ref. 23465], Isbrücker 2001:25 [ref. 25653], Romero & Paulson 2001:29 [ref. 26040], Isbrücker 2002:12 [ref. 27178] dated 1987, Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:375 [ref. 27061], Proudlove 2006:153 [ref. 28992], Ferraris 2007:221 [ref. 29155], Bifi et al. 2019:8 [ref. 36821]). Current status: Valid as Ancistrus galani Pérez & Viloria 1994. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Socuy River basin, Lake Maracaibo phreatic system, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.