spelaeus, Trichomycterus DoNascimiento [C.], Villarreal [O.] & Provenzano [F.] 2001:3, Figs 1-4 [Boletin de la Sociadad Venezolana Espeleologia No. 35; ref. 27231] Cueva Punto Fijo, en el caserío Punto Fijo, 7.5 kilometers north of Cerro Yolanda, Edo. Zulia, Venezuela, 10°57'10:N, 72°28'06"W. Holotype: MBUCV-V-29602. Paratypes: MBUCV-V-29603 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:423 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Trichomycterus spelaeus DoNascimiento, Villarreal & Provenzano 2001 -- (de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:284 [ref. 27061], Bichuette & Trajano 2004:243 [ref. 27856], Ardila Rodríguez 2006:7 [ref. 28863], Proudlove 2006:147 [ref. 28992], Castellanos-Morales 2007:49 [ref. 29323], Ferraris 2007:423 [ref. 29155], Rizzato et al. 2011:478 [ref. 31516], Bichuette & Rizzato 2012:49 [ref. 32163], García-Melo et al. 2016:237 [ref. 34471]). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus spelaeus DoNascimiento, Villarreal & Provenzano 2001. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: Punto Fijo Cave, upper Guasare River basin, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.