Nemacheilus Bleeker [P.] 1863:34 [ref. 400]. Masc. Cobitis fasciata Valenciennes 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). May date to Bleeker 1863:364 or 1863, Pl. 103 in part 8 [ref. 4859]. Noemacheilus Kuhl & van Hasselt 1823 is considered a nomen nudum by Kottelat 1987 [ref. 5962] and 1990:20 [ref. 14137]. Nemachilus Günther 1868:347 [ref. 1990] is an unjustified emendation. Nemacheilos and Nematocheilos are misspellings. •Valid as Nemacheilus Bleeker 1863 -- (Kottelat 1989:12 [ref. 13605], Zhu 1989:60 [ref. 17744], Rahman 1989:143 [ref. 24860] as Nemachilus, Kottelat 1990:20 [ref. 14137], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:241 [ref. 23876], Wu & Wu 1992:143 [ref. 21205], Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:433 [ref. 23187], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:46 [ref. 22798], Doi 1997:26 [ref. 22832], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:58 [ref. 23556], Ataur Rahman 2003:169 [ref. 31338], Madhusoodana Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005:75 [ref. 28530], Arunachalam & Muralidharan 2007:2724 [ref. 29138], Hadiaty & Kottelat 2009:119 [ref. 301214], Arunachalam & Muralidharan 2009:147 [ref. 30462], Hadiaty & Kottelat 2010:39 [ref. 30914], Prokofiev 2010:889 [ref. 31096], Conway et al. 2011:[11] [ref. 31594], Freyhof et al. 2012:301 [ref. 31752], Kottelat 2012:89 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Valid as Nemacheilus Bleeker 1863. Nemacheilidae.