cataphracta, Plecostomus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:158 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] South America (probably Suriname). Neotype: ZMB 3163. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:270 [ref. 29155]. Regarded by Isbrücker 1971:1, 15-16 [ref. 21907] as separate from Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus 1758. Neotype designated by Isbrücker 1971:15 [ref. 21907]. •Objective synonym of Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch 1794) after lectotype designation -- (Isbrücker 1971:12 [ref. 21907], Isbrücker 1980:127 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 2001:31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:26 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:339 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:270 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Loricariichthys maculatus (Bloch 1794). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Habitat: freshwater.