variipictus, Neoplecostomus Bizerril [C. R. S. F.] 1995:695, Figs. 1-2 [Arquivos de Biologia e Techologia (Curitaba) v. 38 (no. 3); ref. 23196] Rio Santo Antônio, tributary of Rio Bengala, rio Paraíba do Sul basin, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 12806. Paratypes: MNRJ 12807 (10). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:274 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Neoplecostomus variipictus Bizerril 1995 -- (Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:319 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:274 [ref. 29155], Zawadzki et al. 2008:46 [ref. 29594], Andrade & Langeani 2014:9 [ref. 33618], Cherobim et al. 2016:10 [ref. 35001]). Current status: Valid as Neoplecostomus variipictus Bizerril 1995. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.