Author: (Regan, 1908)
Remark: Specimens collected in Paraguay (middle Paraguayan Parana basin) identified as <i> Hypostomus albopunctatus</i> based on morphology ( Weber et al. 1992:13). Mitochondrial D-loop sequences used in a molecular phylogeny of <i> Hypostomus</i> and related genera by Montoya-Burgos and Weber (in press, fig 2; EMBL/GenBank AJ318379).