venezuelae, Tridensimilis Schultz [L. P.] 1944:267, Pl. 6 (fig. C) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 94 (no. 3172); ref. 3959] Río Negro, below the mouth of the Río Yasa, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela. Holotype: USNM 121290. Paratypes: MCZ 37292 [ex USNM 121291] (3); UMMZ 142492 [ex USNM 121291] (1); USNM 121291 (28, now 22, 2 unaccounted for; 1 stained, 2 c&s). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:43 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:426 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Tridensimilis venezuelae Schultz 1944 -- (Burgess 1989:325 [ref. 12860], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:286 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:426 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:71 [ref. 35633], Datovo et al. 2023:19 [ref. 40547]). Current status: Valid as Tridensimilis venezuelae Schultz 1944. Trichomycteridae: Tridentinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.