bicirrosus, Plecostomus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:158 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Tropical America [Suriname River]. Holotype or syntype illustrated. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:259 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Isbrücker 1980:30-31 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 2001:31 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:25 [ref. 27178], Weber in Reis et al. 2003:361 [ref. 27061], Armbruster 2004:79 [ref. 27644] top of p., Ferraris 2007:259 [ref. 29155], Weber et al. 2012:210 [ref. 31999]). Current status: Synonym of Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus 1758). Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Habitat: freshwater.