Paracobitis Bleeker [P.] 1863:37 [ref. 400]. Fem. Cobitis malapterura Valenciennes 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also in Bleeker 1863 (after 24 Oct.):3 [ref. 4859] and possibly other Bleeker papers. •Valid as Paracobitis Bleeker 1863 -- (Bănărescu et al. 1982:3 [ref. 174], Zhu 1989:31 [ref. 17744], Kottelat 1990:20 [ref. 14137], Wu & Wu 1992:139 [ref. 21205], Zhou & He 1993:5 [ref. 21971], Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:443 [ref. 23187], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:49 [ref. 23556], Nalbant & Bianco 1998:114 [ref. 23810], Proudlove 2006:104 [ref. 28992], Ran et al. 2006:81 [ref. 28951], Li et al. 2006:1 [ref. 29056], Romero et al. 2009 [ref. 30522], Prokofiev 2009:886 [ref. 30604], Min et al. 2010:199 [ref. 30726], Prokofiev 2010:889 [ref. 31096], Zhao et al. 2011:Paracobitis [ref. 31493], Gu & Zhang 2011:xx [ref. 31632], Freyhof et al. 2012:306 [ref. 31752] as revised, Min et al. 2012:79 [ref. 32392], Kottelat 2012:99 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Valid as Paracobitis Bleeker 1863. Nemacheilidae.