cearensis, Parotocinclus Garavello [J. C.] 1977:14, Figs. 19-20 [Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) v. 28 (no. 4); ref. 7249] Cachoeira do Gusmao, Ipu, Ceará State, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 10176. Paratypes: ANSP 69414 (1), 69415-16 (2); MNRJ 8689 and 10155-10175 (124). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:122 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:282 [ref. 29155].. •Valid as Parotocinclus cearensis Garavello 1977 -- (Isbrücker 1980:79 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:438 [ref. 12860], Lacerda & Evers 1996:88 [ref. 22351], Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Ribeiro et al. 2002:218 [ref. 26534], Britski & Garavello 2002:287 [ref. 26540], Isbrücker 2002:25 [ref. 27178], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:326 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:282 [ref. 29155], Lehmann A. & Reis 2012:62 [ref. 32074], Lehmann A. et al. 2013:437 [ref. 32919], Ramos et al. 2013:787 [ref. 33028], Ramos et al. 2014:4 [ref. 35321], Ramos et al. 2017:[7] [ref. 35268], Silva-Junior et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37598], Ramos et al. 2021:2 [ref. 38561]). Current status: Valid as Parotocinclus cearensis Garavello 1977. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: Ceará, northeastern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.