pagei, Hypostomus Armbruster [J. W.] 2003:39 [Zootaxa No. 249; ref. 27426] About 12 kilometers north of Aroa on highway 3, 10°30'31"N, 68°52'55"W, Río Arao drainage, Río Tupe, Yaracuy, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 24696. Paratypes: AUM 30833 (2); INHS 34921 (1), 34946 (1), 34952 (4), 60098 (9, 1 c&s), 60110 (1); MCNG 32097 (1), 43794 (5); USNM 363172 (1). Plus nontype material. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:258 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hypostomus pagei Armbruster 2003 -- (Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:257 [ref. 29155], Zawadzki & Carvalho 2014:50 [ref. 33227], Tencatt et al. 2014:602 [ref. 33520]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus pagei Armbruster 2003. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Short rivers draning into the Caribbean Sea, northwestern Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.