ruitoquensis, Trichomycterus Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2007:[3], 3 pls.; figs. 1-8 [Peces del Departamento de Santander - Colombia. No. 3; ref. 29569] Río Riofrío, sector "La Clausen", tributary to río de Oro, cuennca alta del río Lebrija, sistema río Magdalena, Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Santander, Colombia, elevation 1000 meters. Holotype: CAR 340. Paratypes: CAR 37 (66 ex 73), 88 (6), 89 (21), 325 (23), 331 (4), 332 (13); IAvH-P 4342 (22), 4344 (14); ICNMNH 16920 [ex CAR 37] (7); IMCN 4.195 (5), Type catalog: DoNascimiento et al. 2016:420 [ref. 34787], Mojica & Agudelo-Zamora 2018:39 [ref. 36127]. •Valid as Trichomycterus ruitoquensis Ardila Rodríguez 2007 -- (Ardila Rodríguez 2011:11 [ref. 31409], Ardila Rodríguez 2011:21 [ref. 31410], Ardila Rodríguez 2014:11 [ref. 33769], Ardila Rodríguez 2016:11 [ref. 34399], García-Melo et al. 2016:237 [ref. 34471], Ardila Rodríguez 2016:15 [ref. 35108], Ardila Rodríguez 2017:10 [ref. 35579], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:70 [ref. 35633], Ardila Rodríguez 2018:9 [ref. 35926], Mesa S. et al. 2018:110 [ref. 35987], DoNascimiento & Prada-Pedreros 2020:12 [ref. 37386], Ardila Rodríguez 2023:7 [ref. 40609], Vilardo et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40643] as "Trichomycterus" ruitoquensis). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus ruitoquensis Ardila Rodríguez 2007. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: South America: upper Río Magdalena basin (Santander, Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.