quadripunctatus, Phallichthys Bussing [W. A.] 1979:3, Figs. 2-4 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 301; ref. 6946] Small tributary of Río Sixaola, .5 kilometers northeast of Chase on road between Puerto Viejo and Bratsi, Limón Province, Costa Rica. Holotype: LACM 36018-1. Paratypes: LACM 36018-2 (16); UCR 897-2 (18, 2 cs), 1017-1 (8); USNM 216559 [ex UCR 897-2] (5). Type catalog: Parenti et al. 1999:13-14 [ref. 24072], Angulo et al. 2015:381 [ref. 35212]. •Valid as Phallichthys quadripunctatus Bussing 1979 -- (Bussing 1987:142 [ref. 22927], Bussing 1998:216 [ref. 24179], Parenti et al. 1999:13 [ref. 24072], Lucinda in Reis et al. 2003:565 [ref. 27061], Lucinda & Reis 2005:42 [ref. 29205], Angulo et al. 2013:996 [ref. 33194], Meyer 2015:174 [ref. 34698], Huber 2019:86 [ref. 36941]). Current status: Valid as Phallichthys quadripunctatus Bussing 1979. Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae. Distribution: Sixaola River basin, eastern Costa Rica. Habitat: freshwater.