nigropunctatus, Melanorivulus Volcan [M. V.], Klotzel [B.] & Lanés [L. E. K.] 2017:83, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa 4236 (no. 1); ref. 35156] Municipality of Aqua Clara, stream tributary of left margin of Rio Verde, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, 20°02'29"S, 53°9'42"W, altitude 361 meters. Holotype: MCP 50017. Paratypes: MCP. •Valid as Melanorivulus nigropunctatus Volcan, Klotzel & Lanés 2017 -- (Volcan et al. 2018:275 [ref. 35895]). Current status: Valid as Melanorivulus nigropunctatus Volcan, Klotzel & Lanés 2017. Rivulidae: Rivulinae. Distribution: Rio Verde drainage, Rio Paraná basin, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.