sanguinea, Vandellia Eigenmann [C. H.] 1917:701 [Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 56; ref. 1237] San Antonio de Rio Madeira, Brazil. Holotype (unique): FMNH 58086 [ex CM 7082]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:81 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:84 [ref. 12367], Ferraris 2007:427 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Plectrochilus sanguineus (Eigenmann 1917) -- (Burgess 1989:324 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Vandellia sanguinea Eigenmann 1917 -- (Schmidt 1987:235 [ref. 6780], de Pinna & Wosiacki in Reis et al. 2003:286 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:427 [ref. 29155] dated 1918, Sarmiento et al. 2014:193 [ref. 35004], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:24 [ref. 39298]). Current status: Valid as Vandellia sanguinea Eigenmann 1917. Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo River basins (Brazil, Bolivia Guyana and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.