ballesterosi, Trichomycterus Ardila Rodríguez [C. A.] 2011:4, Figs. 1-10 [Dahlia (Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Ictiólogos, ACICTIOS). v. 11; ref. 31409] Upper río Sinú, Municipio de Tierralta, Córdoba Departamento, Colombia, elevation 250-260 meters. Holotype: CAR 400. Paratypes: CAR 330 (55), 339 (10), 395 (7); CZUT-IC 3416 (5); IAvH-P 11715 (5) [ex CAR 330]. Type catalog: DoNascimiento et al. 2016:417 [ref. 34787]. •Valid as Trichomycterus ballesterosi Ardila Rodríguez 2011 -- (Ardila Rodríguez 2014:10 [ref. 33769], Ardila Rodríguez 2016:12 [ref. 34399], Ardila Rodríguez 2016:15 [ref. 35108], Ardila Rodríguez 2017:11 [ref. 35579], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35633], Ardila Rodríguez 2018:10 [ref. 35926]). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus ballesterosi Ardila Rodríguez 2011. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: South America: upper Sinú River basin, Córdoba, Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.