Paracobitis Bleeker [P.] 1863:37 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], Coad 2010:209 [ref. 36620], Min et al. 2010:199 [ref. 30726], Prokofiev 2010:889 [ref. 31096], Zhao et al. 2011 [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], Ma & Zhao 2012:111 [ref. 34891], Kottelat 2013:199 [ref. 32989], Kamangar et al. 2014:37 [ref. 33140], Freyhof et al. 2014:11 [ref. 33505], Esmaeili et al. 2014:237 [ref. 33625], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:339 [ref. 33774], Singer & Page 2015:378 [ref. 33823], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:885 [ref. 34062], Freyhof et al. 2016:70 [ref. 34414], Segherloo et al. 2016:474 [ref. 34639], Zhang et al. 2016:128 [ref. 34477] as Paracobtis, Esmaeili et al. 2017:68 [ref. 35254], Prokofiev 2017:136, 256 [ref. 35630], Esmaeili et al. 2018:47 [ref. 36089], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2019:375 [ref. 36466], Zhou 2019:1 [ref. 36911], Kaya et al. 2020:525 [ref. 37732]). Current status: Valid as Paracobitis Bleeker 1863. Nemacheilidae.