Lepidocephalichthys Bleeker [P.] 1863:38, 42 Masc. Cobitis hasselti Valenciennes 1846. Type by original designation. Also may date to Bleeker 1863: Pl. 103 in part 9 [ref. 4859]. Type given as Lepidocephalichthys hasseltii Bleeker (p. 42) = Cobitis hasseltii Valenciennes. Declaired a nomen protectum by Kottelat & Tan 2008:70 [ref. 29956] over Cobitichthys Bleeker 1851. •Synonym of Lepidocephalus Bleeker 1859 -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1968:343 [ref. 6554], Menon 1992:52 [ref. 23970]). •Synonym of Lepidocephalus, but a valid subgenus Lepidocephalichthys -- (Jayaram 1981:181 [ref. 6497]). •Valid as Lepidocephalichthys Bleeker 1863 -- (Nalbant 1963:366 [ref. 3140], Kottelat 1989:13 [ref. 13605], Roberts 1989:103 [ref. 6439], Kottelat & Lim 1992 [ref. 21291], Nalbant 1994:375 [ref. 22051], Doi 1997:25 [ref. 22832], Arunkumar 2000:1093 [ref. 25767], Kottelat & Tan 2008:70 [ref. 29956] as a nomen protectum, Havird & Page 2010:137 [ref. 3073], Havird et al. 2010:1 [ref. 30908], Harant & Bohlen 2010:2443 [ref. 31092], Kottelat 2012:31 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:179 [ref. 32989], Deein et al. 2014:342 [ref. 33210], Endruweit 2016:188 [ref. 34451], Zhang et al. 2016:152 [ref. 34477], Kottelat 2017:707 [ref. 35678], Kottelat 2024:184 [ref. 41342]). Current status: Valid as Lepidocephalichthys Bleeker 1863. Cobitidae.