venezuelensis, Triportheus Malabarba [M. C. S. L.] 2004:200, Fig. 26 [Neotropical Ichthyology v. 2 (no. 4); ref. 28150] Barinas, río Masparro, Apure drainage, 5 kilometers northwest of Libertad on road to Barinas, Venezuela, 8°20'N, 69°39"W. Holotype: INHS 34768. Paratypes: FMNH 85488 (10); INHS 34484 (2), 34573 (3), 35077 (4), 35114 (8), 35294 (3); MCP 35842 (1); UNELLEZ 52000 (3); USNM 233784 (12), 258079 (6), 258223 (5), 270343 (17). •Valid as Triportheus venezuelensis Malabarba 2004 -- (Mariguela et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34141], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:64 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:85 [ref. 35773], Taphorn et al. 2022:30 [ref. 41297], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:456 [ref. 40760], Malabarba 2024:437 [ref. 40817]). Current status: Valid as Triportheus venezuelensis Malabarba 2004. Triportheidae: Triportheinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Columbia, Guyana and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.