prata, Parotocinclus Ribeiro [A. C.], Melo [A. L. A.] & Pereira [E. H. L.] 2002:218, Fig. 1 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 13 (no. 3); ref. 26534] Headwaters of rio de Prata, stream tributary of ribeirão Quiricó, Rio São Francisco basin, mun. de Presidente Olegário, fazenda São Zeferino, near Galena, about 18°22'S, 46°14.3'W, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 68359. Paratypes: LIRP 1136 (38, 1 c&s), 1137-38 (6, 3); MCP 27381 (5); MZUSP 68360 (4). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:283 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Parotocinclus prata Ribeiro, Melo & Pereira 2002 -- (Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:327 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:283 [ref. 29155], Reis et al. 2012:6 [ref. 31863], Lehmann A. & Reis 2012:61 [ref. 32074], Lehmann A. et al. 2013:436 [ref. 32919], Lehmann A. et al. 2014:32 [ref. 33225], Roxo et al. 2016:133 [ref. 34921], Roxo et al. 2017:267 [ref. 35139], Roxo et al. 2017:351 [ref. 35310], Roxo et al. 2019:354 [ref. 36855], Silva-Junior et al. 2020:12 [ref. 37598], Ramos et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38561]). Current status: Valid as Parotocinclus prata Ribeiro, Melo & Pereira 2002. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: Rio de Prata drainage, upper São Francisco River basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.