albinotatus, Trichomycterus Costa [W. J. E. M.] 1992:102, Figs. 1-2 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 18 (no. 4) [for 1991]; ref. 19725] Visconde de Maua, 1 kilometer west of Maromba, Rio Preto, Rio Paraiba basin, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, elevation above 1,100 meters. Holotype: MZUSP 42312. Paratypes: MNRJ 547 (8), 583 (2, c&s), 593 (4), 594 (1); MZUSP 42315 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:414 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Trichomycterus albinotatus Costa 1992 -- (Bizerril 1994:624 [ref. 22673], Burgess & Finley 1996:167 [ref. 22901], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:279 [ref. 27061], Bockmann et al. 2004:227 [ref. 27855], Ferraris 2007:414 [ref. 29155], Barbosa & Costa 2010:120 [ref. 30782], Barbosa & Costa 2011:308 [ref. 31672], Barbosa & Costa 2012:81 [ref. 31901], Vilardo et al. 2020:7 [ref. 37847], Costa et al. 2023:164 [ref. 40075], Vilardo et al. 2023:5 [ref. 40643]). Current status: Valid as Trichomycterus albinotatus Costa 1992. Trichomycteridae: Trichomycterinae. Distribution: South America: upper course of the Rio Preto, Ribeirão Santa Clara and Córrego das Cruzes drainages, Paraíba do Sul River basin (Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil). Habitat: freshwater.