vestitus, Otocinclus Cope [E. D.] 1872:283, Pl. 4 (figs. 2a-c) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Tributaries of Río Ambyiacu [Ampiyacu] near Pebas, about 3°40'S, 71°45'W, Depto. Loreto, Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 8283. Paralectotypes: ANSP 8284 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:125 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:275 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype selected by Schaefer 1997:46 [ref. 23213]. •Valid as Otocinclus vestitus Cope 1872 -- (Isbrücker 1980:85 [ref. 2303], Ortega & Vari 1986:17 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:439 [ref. 12860], Schaefer 1991:6 [ref. 18926], Schaefer 1997:43 [ref. 23213], Isbrücker 2001:30 [ref. 25653], Britto & Moreira 2002:1067 [ref. 26512], Isbrücker 2002:24 [ref. 27178], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:325 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:275 [ref. 29155], Koerber 2011:5 [ref. 31122], Koerber 2014:9 [ref. 33621], Koerber & Litz 2014:3 [ref. 34967], Sarmiento et al. 2014:191 [ref. 35004], Mirande & Koerber 2015:40 [ref. 35117], Koerber & Litz 2016:5 [ref. 35098], Koerber et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35267], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:76 [ref. 35633], Koerber et al. 2020:6 [ref. 37480], Delapieve et al. 2018:23 [ref. 35713], Koerber et al. 2021:7 [ref. 38894], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:26 [ref. 39298], Koerber et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40355]). Current status: Valid as Otocinclus vestitus Cope 1872. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and upper Paraná River basins (Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.