brasiliensis, Trichomycterus Lütken [C. F.] (ex Reinhardt) 1874:29 [1] [Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider (Kjøbenhavn) 1874 (no. 1); ref. 2855] Rio das Velhas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Syntypes: NMW 85270 (3); SMNS 2021 (1); ZMB 9171 (2); ZMUC P30154 [ex 103] (1), P30155-56 [ex 108-109] (1, 1), P30157 [ex 114] (1), P30158 [ex 116] (1), P30159 [ex 119] (1), P30160 [ex 120] (1), P30161 [ex 123], P30162 [ex 127] (1), P. 30163 [ex 121], P30164-66 [ex 124-126] (1, 1, 1). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:51 [ref. 9588], Fricke 1995:19 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:63 [ref. 29864], Ferraris 2007:416 [ref. 29155]. On p. 1 of separate. Also described in Lütken 1875:135 (and p. I of summary), Pl. 3 (fig. 8) [ref. 19674]. •Valid as Trichomycterus brasiliensis Lütken 1874 -- (Burgess 1989:321 [ref. 12860], Trajano & de Pinna 1996:89 [ref. 22915], Casatti & Castro 1998:232 [ref. 23663], Britski et al. 1999:92 [ref. 24147], Britski 2001:19 [ref. 26046], Fernández & Bichuette 2002:278 [ref. 26539], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:280 [ref. 27061], Barbosa & Costa 2003:282 [ref. 27395], Barbosa & Costa 2003:179 [ref. 27636], Bockmann et al. 2004:227 [ref. 27855], Ferraris 2007:416 [ref. 29155], Barbosa & Costa 2008:184 [ref. 29961], Barbosa & Costa 2010:118 [ref. 30782], Barbosa & Costa 2012:81 [ref. 31901], Barbosa & Azevedo-Santos 2012:360 [ref. 32318], García-Melo et al. 2016:238 [ref. 34471], Barbosa & Katz 2016:262 [ref. 34950], Ochoa et al. 2017:557 [ref. 35582], Donin et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37395], Vilardo et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40643]). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus brasiliensis Lütken 1874. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: South America: upper São Francisco River basin, Minas Gerais State and in smaller adjoining basins (southeastern Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.