meridionalis, Balitora Kottelat [M.] 1988:498, Figs. 2b, 4 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 95 (no. 2); ref. 13379] Chan River headwaters, Kao Soi Dao, Chantaburi Province, Thailand. Holotype: NIFI uncat. Paratypes: CMK 4374 (3); NIFI uncat. (5). •Valid as Balitora meridionalis Kottelat 1988 -- (Rainboth 1996:123 [ref. 22772], Doi 1997:18 [ref. 22832], Conway & Mayden 2010:1468 [ref. 30776], Bhoite et al. 2011:3039 [ref. 32191], Liu et al. 2012:274 [ref. 31548], Kottelat 2012:45 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:186 [ref. 32989], Kumar et al. 2016:155, 167 [ref. 34540], Luo et al. 2023:23 [ref. 40608]). Current status: Valid as Balitora meridionalis Kottelat 1988. Balitoridae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: northern Thailand and China. Habitat: freshwater.