venezuelae, Loricaria variegata Schultz [L. P.] 1944:329, Pl. 12 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 94 (no. 3172); ref. 3959] Río Palmar at the bridge about 70 kilometers southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121108. Paratypes: FMNH 42793 [ex USNM 121110] (5); MCZ 37211 (5); UMMZ [ex USNM 121110] (6); USNM 121109 (50, now 45, 5 to MCZ), 121110 (73, now 58), 121111 [not 121108] (8), 121112 (27, now 25, 2 to Univ. Rajasthan); ZMA 102134 [ex USNM 121110] (orig. 4, now 3). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:58 [ref. 19236], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:54 [ref. 12367], Ferraris & Vari 1992:29 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:233 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Loricaria variegata Steindachner 1879, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Galvis et al. 1997:94 [ref. 23651]). •Valid as Crossoloricaria venezuelae (Schultz 1944) -- (Isbrücker 1980:120 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:89 [ref. 5522], Burgess 1989:444 [ref. 12860], Chang & Castro 1999:81 [ref. 23673], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2001:26, 30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:15 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:331 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:233 [ref. 29155], Covain et al. 2015:515 [24] [ref. 34066], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Crossoloricaria venezuelae (Schultz 1944). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Lake Maracaibo drainage and Magdalena River bsasin: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.