fimbriatus, Otocinclus Cope [E. D.] 1894:98, Pl. 9 (figs. 16, 16a-b) [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 33; ref. 965] Rio Jacuhy [Jacuí], Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Syntypes: ANSP 21752 (4), 21585-97 (14). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:122 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:271 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Otocinclus fimbriatus Cope 1894 -- (Isbrücker 1980:82 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:438 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Macrotocinclus flexilis (Cope 1894) -- (Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:24 [ref. 27178], Ferraris 2007:271 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Otocinclus flexilis Cope 1894 -- (Malabarba 1989:150-151 [ref. 14217], Schaefer 1997:49 [ref. 23213], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:324 [ref. 27061], Lehmann A. et al. 2010:60 [ref. 30756], Litz & Koerber 2014:24 [ref. 33622]). Current status: Synonym of Otocinclus flexilis Cope 1894. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Habitat: freshwater.