dorsizona, Schistura Kottelat [M.] 1998:73, Figs. 112-113 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 23436] Nam Phao, about 10 kilometers upriver of Ban Nape, Laos, about 18°22'N, 105°08'E. Holotype: ZRC 41795. Paratypes: CMK 12502 (13), 12678 (44), 12686 (10), 12756 (3); DFV uncat. (6); NRM 36708 (5); ZRC 41796 (5). Species epithet is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Schistura dorsizona Kottelat 1998 -- (Kottelat 2001:105 [ref. 25780], Vidthayanon 2003:310 [ref. 27398], Ou et al. 2011:199 [ref. 31692], Zheng et al. 2012:66 [ref. 32070], Chen & Neely 2012:226 [ref. 32332], Kottelat 2012:109 [ref. 32367], Bohlen & Šlechtová 2013:25, 28 [ref. 32804], Kottelat 2013:206 [ref. 32989], Bohlen et al. 2014:24 [ref. 33197], Kottelat 2015:44 [ref. 33971], Kottelat 2017:53 [ref. 35502], Kottelat 2017:705 [ref. 35677], Taki et al. 2021:216 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Schistura dorsizona Kottelat 1998. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong River basin, Laos and Thailand. Habitat: freshwater.