Otocinclus Cope [E. D.] 1871:112 Masc. Otocinclus vestitus Cope 1872. Type by subsequent monotypy. Appeared first with brief description and without species as above; more complete description and species added in 1872:283 [ref. 921]. •Valid as Otocinclus Cope 1871 -- (Isbrücker 1980:81 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:438 [ref. 12860], Malabarba 1989:150 [ref. 14217], Schaefer 1991:2 [ref. 18926], Schaefer 1996:925 [ref. 22565], Schaefer 1997:16 [ref. 23213], Schaefer & Provenzano 1998:225 [ref. 23317], Schaefer 1998:377 [ref. 23692], de Pinna 1998:305 [ref. 23847], Britski et al. 1999:133 [ref. 24147], Britto & Moreira 2002:1068 [ref. 26512], Britto et al. 2002:733 [ref. 26546], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:324 [ref. 27061], Reis 2004:109 [ref. 27934], Lehmann 2006:379 [ref. 28896], Ferraris 2007:274 [ref. 29155], Lehmann A. et al. 2010:57 [ref. 30756], Lehmann A. et al. 2010:635 [ref. 31083], Ribeiro & Lehmann A. 2016:240 [ref. 34636], Bertaco et al. 2016:419 [ref. 34561], Delapieve et al. 2018:23 [ref. 35713]). Current status: Valid as Otocinclus Cope 1871. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae.