Hypostomus velhochico Zawadzki, Oyakawa & Britski, 2017: 563, fig. 1.

Paratypes: 5 lots, 5 specimens —NUP 12064, 1, 66.6 mm SL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Presidente Juscelino, rio Cipó, tributary of rio das Velhas, rio São Francisco basin, 18°41’04”S, 43°59’18”W, P.S. Pompeu & C.B.M. Alves, 18 Aug 2001 . NUP 12065, 1, 92.6 mm SL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Pirapora, rio das Velhas, tributary to rio São Francisco, 17°14’47”S, 44°49’16”W, P.S. Pompeu & C.B.M. Alves, 27 Jun 2007 . NUP 12066, 1, 82.8 mm SL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Santana do Pirapama, rio das Velhas, rio São Francisco basin, 18°53’22”S, 44°08’15”W, P.S. Pompeu & C.B.M. Alves, 13 Jan 2007 . NUP 12067, 1, 80.2 mm SL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Santana do Pirapama, rio das Velhas, rio São Francisco basin, 19°31’50”S, 43°55’33”W, P.S. Pompeu & C.B.M. Alves, 29 Jun 2000 . NUP 16260, 1, 51.1 mm SL: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Formoso, rio Cariranha, tributary to rio Preto, rio São Francisco basin, Parque Nacional Grande Sertão Veredas, 15°07’10”S, 45°45’21”W, M.L. Ribeiro, V. Perdigão & E.C. Lopes, 28 Apr 1999 .