metaense, Pseudoplatystoma Buitrago-Suárez [U. A.] & Burr [B. M.] 2007:25, Fig. 23 [Zootaxa No. 1512; ref. 29327] Metica River, about 1.5 kilometers east of Rajote, 3°56'N, 73°03'W, Meta River, Dept. of Meta, Colombia. Holotype: ANSP 146858. Paratypes: ANSP 128135 (1), 149541 (2). Plus additional material examined. •Valid as Pseudoplatystoma metaense Buitrago-Suárez & Burr 2007 -- (DoNascimiento 2016:534 [ref. 34727], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:94 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:80 [ref. 35773], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:457 [ref. 40760], Lasso et al. in Lasso & Morales-Betancourt 2022:254 [ref. 40783]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoplatystoma metaense Buitrago-Suárez & Burr 2007. Pimelodidae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin (Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.