belensis, Trichomycterus Fernández [L.] & Vari [R. P.] 2002:739, Fig. 1 [Copeia 2002 (no. 3); ref. 26231] Stream tributary to Laguna Blanca, 11 kilometers northeast from Belén on provincial road 43 along route from Belén to Antofagasta de la Sierra, near Los Nacimientos de San Antonio, ca. 26°30'S, 67°03'W, Belén, Catamarca Province, Argentina, eleva. 3500 m. Holotype: FML 2530. Paratypes: FML 2531 (26, 5 c&s), USNM 364371 (2). Plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:415 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Trichomycterus belensis Fernández & Vari 2002 -- (de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:280 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27366], Fernádez & Schaefer 2003:357 [ref. 27407], Menni 2004:82 [ref. 28131], Fernández & Osinaga 2006:387 [ref. 28738], Ferraris 2007:415 [ref. 29155], Mirande & Koerber 2015:37 [ref. 35117], Fernández & Andreoli Bize 2018:366 [ref. 36232]). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus belensis Fernández & Vari 2002. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Laguna Blanca River basin, Argentina. Habitat: freshwater.