punctulatus, Hemiancistrus Cardoso [A. R.] & Malabarba [L. R.] 1999:152, Figs. 7-8 [Comunicações do Museu de Ciências da PUCRS, Série Zoologia v. 12; ref. 24148] Rio dos Sinos, João Fernandes beach, Caraá, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, about 29°45'87"S, 50°25'68"W. Holotype: MCP 21154. Paratypes: MCP 8373 (1), 8960 (7), 11214 (16), 16275 (1), 16425 (1), 17495 (4), 18404 (1), 19304 (37), 19522 (1), 19942 (1), 19963 (1), 19982 (1), 20041 (2), 20159 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:244 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hemiancistrus punctulatus Cardoso & Malabarba 1999 -- (Isbrücker 2001:27 [ref. 25653], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:386 [ref. 27061], Cardoso & da Silva 2004:1 [ref. 27704], Cardoso 2004:176 [ref. 27799], Ferraris 2007:244 [ref. 29155], Armbruster et al. 2015:100 [ref. 33670] as "Hemiancistrus", Bertaco et al. 2016:418 [ref. 34561], Serra et al. 2020:29 [ref. 37929] as 'Hemiancistrus', Koerber et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38894], Koerber et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40355], Loureiro et al. 2023:110 [ref. 40506]). Current status: Valid as Hemiancistrus punctulatus Cardoso & Malabarba 1999. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Laguna dos Patos basin and Rio Tramandaí drainage (Brazil and Uruguay). Habitat: freshwater.