platyura, Loricaria Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:631 [Reisen in Britisch-Guiana; ref. 3072] Rupununi River, Guyana. Holotype (unique): ZMB 3166. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:246 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hemiloricaria platyura (Müller & Troschel 1849) -- (Isbrücker et al. 2001:23 [ref. 25649], Isbrücker 2001:27, 29 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:17 [ref. 27178], Ferraris 2007:246 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Rineloricaria platyura (Müller & Troschel 1849) -- (Isbrücker 1980:109 [ref. 2303], Isbrücker 1981:89 [ref. 5522], Burgess 1989:442 [ref. 12860], Le Bail et al. 2000:286 [ref. 24549] as cf. platyura, Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:343 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento 2016:534 [ref. 34727]). Current status: Valid as Rineloricaria platyura (Müller & Troschel 1849). Loricariidae: Loricariinae. Distribution: Coastal rivers from near Amazon mouth to Essequibo River: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana; ? Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.