rhantos, Hypostomus Armbruster [J. W.], Tansey [L. A.] & Lujan [N. K.] 2007:60, Figs. 1-2, 3B [Zootaxa No. 1553; ref. 29252] Río Parucito at Raudales Salomon, 2.7 kilometers north-east of San Juan de Manapiare, 05.34637°, -066.03347°, Río Manapiare-Río Ventuari-Río Orinoco drainage, Amazonas, Venezuela. Holotype: MCNG 55352. Paratypes: 63 at ANSP, AUM, MCNG, RMNH and UF. Type catalog: DoNascimiento et al. 2016:412 [ref. 34787]. •Valid as Hypostomus rhantos Armbruster, Tansey & Lujan 2007 -- (Zawadzki et al. 2015:57 [ref. 33866]). Current status: Valid as Hypostomus rhantos Armbruster, Tansey & Lujan 2007. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Ventuari River and Orinoco River, Amazonas, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.