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Species related to Hypostomus albopunctatus: [ 4 ] records

albopunctatus, Plecostomus Regan [C. T.] 1908:797, Pl. 49 (fig. 1); Fig. 206 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1907 (pt 4); ref. 14333] Rio Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Lectotype: BMNH 1907.7.6.15. Paralectotype: BMNH 1907.7.6.16 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:251 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Weber 1987:279 [ref. 6241]. •Valid as Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908) -- (Burgess 1989:430 [ref. 12860], López & Miquelarena 1991:18 [ref. 23548], Gómez & Chebez 1996:63 [ref. 23791], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:18 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:355 [ref. 27061], López et al. 2003:49 [ref. 27366], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644], Menni 2004:81 [ref. 28131], Ferraris 2007:251 [ref. 29155], Garavello et al. 2012:265 [ref. 32033], Cardoso et al. 2012:77 [ref. 32154], Martins et al. 2014:7 [ref. 33617], Mirande & Koerber 2015:42 [ref. 35117], Cardoso et al. 2016:20 [ref. 34373], Zawadzki et al. 2016:271 [ref. 34908], Koerber et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35267], Zawadzki et al. 2017:12 [ref. 35355], Zawadzki et al. 2018:[16] [ref. 35944], Zawadzki et al. 2019:[2] [ref. 37170], dos Reis et al. 2020:467 [ref. 38364], Azevedo et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38203], Zawadzki & Azevedo 2024:325 [ref. 41237], Oliveira et al. 2026:7 [ref. 42855]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: upper Paraná River basin (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay). Habitat: freshwater.

lexi, Plecostomus Ihering [R. von] 1911:387 [Revista do Museo Paulista, São Paulo v. 8 (1910); ref. 14822] Rio Pardo, near to Barretos, São Paulo State, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 2126. Type catalog: Britski 1969:209 [ref. 12401], Ferraris 2007:255 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hypostomus lexi (Ihering 1911) -- (Isbrücker 1980:26 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:431 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:19 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:359 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:255 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908) -- (Zawadzki et al. 2019:[3] [ref. 37170]). Current status: Synonym of Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.

scaphyceps, Plecostomus Nichols [J. T.] 1919:416 [8], 425 [8] [Revista do Museu Paulista v. 11; ref. 15221] Cerqueira Cezar, São Paulo State, Brazil. Holotype: AMNH 7152. Paratype: MZUSP [ex DZSASP] 1014 (1). Type catalog: Britski 1969:209 [ref. 12401], Ferraris 2007:260 [ref. 29155]. On p. 8 of both Portuguese and English sections of separate. Spelled twice as scaplyceps in Portuguese portion and twice as scaphyceps in English portion (which we regard as one work). Earliest first reviser located is Fowler 1954:194 [ref. 1465] who selected scaphyceps. •Valid as Hypostomus scaphyceps (Nichols 1919) -- (Isbrücker 1980:33-34 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:432 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:19 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:362 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:80 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:260 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908) -- (Zawadzki et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 37170]). Current status: Synonym of Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.

niger, Plecostomus Marini [T. L.], Nichols [J. T.] & LaMonte [F. R.] 1933:4 [American Museum Novitates No. 618; ref. 2889] Southeastern Brazil. Holotype (unique): AMNH 12245 [not found in 2019]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:257 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hypostomus niger (Marini, Nichols & LaMonte 1933) -- (Isbrücker 1980:28 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:432 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:28, 31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:19 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:360 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644], Ferraris 2007:257 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908) -- (Zawadzki et al. 2019:[4] [ref. 37170]). Current status: Synonym of Hypostomus albopunctatus (Regan 1908). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.