stephanus, Hemipsilichthys Oliveira [J. C. de] & Oyakawa [O. T.] 1999:77, Fig. 4 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 23672] Rio Jequitinhonha drainage, Diamantina County, ribeirão das Pedras, elevation about 1300 meters, 3 kilometers north of Diamantina, about 18°10'S, 43°37'W, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MZUSP 36971. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:280 [ref. 29155]. Species epithet is an adjective and corrected to stephana when in genus Pareiorhaphis. •Valid as Hemipsilichthys stephanus Oliveira & Oyakawa 1999 -- (Isbrücker 2001:28 [ref. 25653], Pereira & Reis 2002:126 [ref. 26071], Isbrücker 2002:17 [ref. 27178], Pereira et al. 2003:2 [ref. 27068], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:354 [ref. 27061]). •Valid as Pareiorhaphis stephana (Oliveira & Oyakawa 1999) (often seen as stephanus) -- (Pereira 2005:273 [ref. 28273] as stephane, Ferraris 2007:280 [ref. 29155] as stephanus, Pereira et al. 2012:539 [ref. 32218] as stephanus, Pereira & Reis 2017:75 [ref. 35307], Pereira et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35608] as stephanus, Vieira-Guimarães et al. 2024:46 [ref. 41258]). Current status: Valid as Pareiorhaphis stephana (Oliveira & Oyakawa 1999). Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: South America: Jequitinhonha River basin, Minas Gerais (Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.