janeirensis, Pseudotothyris Britski [H. A.] & Garavello [J. C.] 1984:234, Figs. 9-10 [Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo v. 35 (no. 21); ref. 5166] Rio dos Macacos, Represa Engenho da Serra, Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype: MNRJ 10278. Paratypes: MNRJ 4707 and 10279-10297 (134), 5925 (1), 10066 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:290 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Pseudotothyris janeirensis Britski & Garavello 1984 -- (Burgess 1989:439 [ref. 12860], Montoya-Burgos et al. 1998:367 [ref. 23850], Isbrücker 2001:32 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:28 [ref. 27178], Schaefer in Reis et al. 2003:327 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:290 [ref. 29155], Chiachio et al. 2008:610 [ref. 30127], Martins et al. 2014:822, 833 [ref. 33221], Rosa et al. 2014:59 [ref. 33228]). Current status: Valid as Pseudotothyris janeirensis Britski & Garavello 1984. Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae. Distribution: Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.