amaris, Ancistrus de Souza [L. S.], Taphorn [D. C.] & Armbruster [J. W.] 2019:9, Fig. 6 [Zootaxa 4552; ref. 36504] Río Las Marías, Orinoco/Apure drainage, Estado Portuguesa, Venezuela, 9.402778°, -69.7375°. Holotype: MCNG 56679. Paratypes: AUM, CUMV, INHS, MCNG. •Valid as Ancistrus amaris de Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster 2019. Current status: Valid as Ancistrus amaris de Souza, Taphorn & Armbruster 2019. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Andean piedmont streams, Orinoco/Apure drainage, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.