guacharote, Hypostomus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:508 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15; ref. 1008] Puerto Rico [in error]; actual probably Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Syntypes: MNHN A-9567 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:72 [ref. 19575], Ferraris 2007:265 [ref. 29155]. In genus Lasiancistrus, probably with incorrect locality -- (Armbruster 2004:13 [ref. 27844]). See Armbruster 2005:557 [ref, 28554] for comments on the type locality. •Valid as Guyanancistrus guacharote (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Isbrücker et al. 2001:19 [ref. 25649], Isbrücker 2001:27, 28 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:16 [ref. 27178]). •Valid as Lasiancistrus guacharote (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Isbrücker 1980:44 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:434 [ref. 12860], Knaack 2000:58 [ref. 27233], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:387 [ref. 27061], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:387 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2005:555 [ref. 28554], Ferraris 2007:265 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento 2016:533 [ref. 34727], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:83 [ref. 35633], Poveda-Cuellar et al. 2023:22 [ref. 40298]). Current status: Valid as Lasiancistrus guacharote (Valenciennes 1840). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: South America: Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.