carnatus, Heptapterus Faustino‐Fuster [D. R.], Bockmann [F. A.] & Malabarba [L. R.] 2019:352, Figs. 2-4 [Journal of Fish Biology v. 94 (no. 3); ref. 36604] Passo do Portão stream, tributary of the Pelotas River, upper Uruguay River basin, Vacaria Municipality, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, 28° 11'4"S, 51°00'02"W. Holotype: UFRGS 22840. Paratypes: LIRP, MNRJ, MUSM, UFRGS. •Valid as Heptapterus carnatus Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba 2019 -- (Deprá et al. 2022:330 [ref. 39580]). Current status: Valid as Heptapterus carnatus Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba 2019. Heptapteridae: Heptapterinae. Distribution: Upper Uruguay River basin, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.