nijsseni, Harttia Boeseman [M.] 1976:170, Pl. 8 [Zoologische Mededeelingen (Leiden) v. 50 (no. 11); ref. 6991] Sipaliwini River, southwestern Suriname. Holotype: RMNH 27498. Paratypes: RMNH 27494-97 (3, 1, 1, 5), 27499-501 (5, 4, 2), 27502 (orig. 4, now 3), 27503-04 (1, 1); USNM 216482 [probably ex RMNH 27502] (1); ZMA 114310 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:52 [ref. 19236], Ferraris & Vari 1992:27 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Metaloricaria paucidens Isbrücker 1975, but a valid subspecies -- (Le Bail et al. 2000:284 [ref. 24549]). •Valid as Metaloricaria nijsseni (Boeseman 1976) -- (Isbrücker 1980:96 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:440 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:27, 30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:23 [ref. 27178], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:339 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:272 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Valid as Metaloricaria nijsseni (Boeseman 1976). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Suriname, Saramacca, Nickerie and Corantijn River basins, Suriname. Habitat: freshwater.