mendesi, Sternarchorhynchus de Santana [C. D.] & Vari [R. P.] 2010:320, Fig. 56 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 159 (no. 1); ref. 30785] Morichal Largo, Río Guanipa, 5 kilometers south of Aguasay (Aguasay is 9°25'N, 63°44'W), Golfo de Paria drainage, Department of Marurín, Monagas,, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 29129. Paratypes: INHS 31374 (3), 31453 (1); MCNG 29166 (1) 29194 (1), 55850 [ex. MCNG 29129] (1) Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[14] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari 2010 -- (Ferraris et al. 2017:[14] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Valid as Sternarchorhynchus mendesi de Santana & Vari 2010. Apteronotidae: Apteronotinae. Distribution: San Juan River and Guanipa River basins, Gulf of Paria drainage, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.