Species that contain: Ancistrus and temminckii [ 2 ] records

aculeatus, Plecostomus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:158 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Tropical America. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:224 [ref. 29155]. Based on literature sources. •Synonym of Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Isbrücker 1980:73 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 2001:31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:25 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:378 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:224 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes 1840). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.

temminckii, Hypostomus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:514 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Suriname. Holotype (unique): RMNH 3123. Type information: Boeseman 1972:305 [ref. 19698], Ferraris 2007:224 [ref. 29155]. For locality information see Boeseman 1972:305 [ref. 19698]. •Valid as Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Isbrücker 1980:73 [ref. 2303], Ortega & Vari 1986:16 [ref. 9708] as teminckii, Burgess 1989:437 [ref. 12860], Le Bail et al. 2000:230 [ref. 24549] as aff. temminckii, Isbrücker 2001:25, 28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:12 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:378 [ref. 27061], Mundy 2005:155 [ref. 28379] as cf. temminckii, Ferraris 2007:224 [ref. 29155], Sarmiento et al. 2014:161, 191 [ref. 35004], Brosse et al. 2019:134 [ref. 38320], de Souza et al. 2019:63 [ref. 36504], Borstein et al. 2022:18 [ref. 39507] as temminckii and cf. temminckii). Current status: Valid as Ancistrus temminckii (Valenciennes 1840). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Northern South America: Saramacca, Suriname, Commewijne and Maroni River basins, Suriname and French Guiana; introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.