Výskyt
Jižní Amerika — horní tok Rio do Peixe, povodí Rio Paraíba do Sul, jihovýchodní Brazílie.
Typová lokalita
Rio Santa Bárbara, Rio do Peixe drainage, Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, São Francisco Xavier, Serra dos Poncianos, part of the Serra da Mantiqueira, Município de São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil, 22°51'47"S, 45°54'60"W, elevation about 980 meters.
Původní popis
Costa, W. J. E. M., Feltrin, C. R. M., Mattos, J. L. O. & Katz, A. M. 2024. A new rare catfish species from southeastern Brazil provides insights into the origins of similar colour patterns in syntopic, distantly related mountain trichomycterines (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution v. 100 (no. 2): 755-767.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.