Species that contain: Ancistrus and montana [ 1 ] records

montana, Xenocara Regan [C. T.] 1904:258, Pl. 14 (fig. 6) [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 3, no. 1); ref. 3621] Tumupasa, Andes of Bolivia, elevation 1500 feet. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1902.12.18.4. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:223 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Ancistrus montanus (Regan 1904) -- (Isbrücker 1980:71 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:437 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:25, 32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:12 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:377 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:223 [ref. 29155], Sarmiento et al. 2014:161, 191 [ref. 35004], Bifi et al. 2019:8 [ref. 36821]). Current status: Valid as Ancistrus montanus (Regan 1904). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Beni River drainage, upper Madeira basin, Bolivia and Peru. Habitat: freshwater.