Leptobotia Bleeker [P.] 1870:256 Fem. Botia elongata Bleeker 1870. Type by monotypy. Species described in Botia but placed in Leptobotia at the end of the description. •Valid as Leptobotia Bleeker 1870 -- (Nalbant 1963:357 [ref. 3140], Sawada 1982:197 [ref. 14111], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:58 [ref. 6441], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:250 [ref. 23876], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:49 [ref. 22798], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:88 [ref. 23556], Vasil'eva 1998:100 [ref. 23591], Nalbant 2002:315 [ref. 27361], Kottelat 2004:15 [ref. 27360], Naseka & Bogutskaya 2004:283 [ref. 27838], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:107 [ref. 28183], Tang et al. 2008:1 [ref. 29536], Li et al. 2008:630 [ref. 29976], Watanabe et al. 2009:421 [ref. 30549], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:174 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:155 [ref. 34477], Bohlen et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34628] in Leptobotiinae, Bohlen & Šlechtová 2016:65 [ref. 34953], Bohlen & Šlechtová 2017:90 [ref. 35233], Guo & Zhang 2021:89 [ref. 38147], Guo et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40048]). Current status: Valid as Leptobotia Bleeker 1870. Botiidae: Leptobotiinae.