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Species in the genus Mylopharyngodon: [ 6 ] records

aethiops, Leuciscus Basilewsky [S.] 1855:233, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Near Tien-tsin at and Beijing [Peking], China. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1873.7.30.92-93 (2), ZIN 5900 (1). •Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Berg 1949:537 [ref. 20661], Yang & Hwang 1964:9 [ref. 13497], Mai 1978:118 [ref. 13511], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:44 [ref. 22798], Bogutskaya 1998:90 [ref. 23589], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:100 [ref. 23878], Bíró 1999:347 [ref. 24857], Kottelat 2013:125 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:128 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

atripinnis, Myloleuciscus Garman [S.] 1912:116 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 40 (pt 4); ref. 1544] Shasi, Hupeh, China [erroneus: 100 mi below Ichang [Hubei, Yuchang, 30°43'N, 111°17'N]]. Holotype (unique): MCZ 29817. Locality corrected by Kottelat 2013:125 [ref. 32898]. •Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Berg 1949:537 [ref. 20661], Yang & Hwang 1964:9 [ref. 13497], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:101 [ref. 23878], Bíró 1999:347 [ref. 24857], Kottelat 2013:125 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:128 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

dubius, Leuciscus Bleeker [P.] 1864:19 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 407] Not available, name only in list of fishes from China. •In the synonymy of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:9 [ref. 13497], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:100 [ref. 23878], Kottelat 2013:125 [ref. 32989]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

fuscus, Leucisculus Oshima [M.] 1920:129, Pl. 5 (fig. 1) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 72; ref. 3313] Ako [Pingtung], Taiwan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 49950. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:77 [ref. 13621], Ho & Shao 2011:28 [ref. 31432]. •Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Berg 1949:537 [ref. 20661], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:101 [ref. 23878], Bíró 1999:347 [ref. 24857], Ho & Shao 2011:28 [ref. 31432], Kottelat 2013:125 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:128 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.

piceus, Leuciscus Richardson [J.] 1846:298 [Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]; ref. 3742] Canton, China. No types known. Based solely on illustration by Reeves (see Whitehead 1970:210, Pl. 18b [ref. 11606]). •Valid as Ctenopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Kuang in Kuang et al. 1986:43 [ref. 26639], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:285 [ref. 25598]). •Valid as Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Berg 1949:537 [ref. 20661], Okada 1961:741 [ref. 6363], Yang & Hwang 1964:9 [ref. 13497], Mai 1978:117 [ref. 13511], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:58 [ref. 6441], Wang 1984:34 [ref. 22951], Chen & Li in Chu & Chen 1989:37 [ref. 13584], Zheng et al. 1989:75 [ref. 21202], Song in Pan et al. 1991:80 [ref. 23876], Ding 1994:137 [ref. 21531], Yang & Chen 1995:33 [ref. 23555], Zhu 1995:29 [ref. 25213], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:44 [ref. 22798], Coad 1996:84 [ref. 25304], Cheng & Zhou 1997:113 [ref. 26385], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:739 [ref. 24702], Chen in Chen 1998:1000 [ref. 23556], Bogutskaya 1998:90 [ref. 23589], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:100 [ref. 23878], Bíró 1999:347 [ref. 24857], Fuller et al. 1999:96 [ref. 25838], Nakabo 2000:263 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:96 [ref. 26000], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373], Kottelat 2001:31 [ref. 25482], Gabrielyan 2001:27 [ref. 25867], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:44 [ref. 26178], Wang et al. 2001:79 [ref. 26566], Nakabo 2002:263 [ref. 26001], Hanel 2003:54 [ref. 27894], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:51 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:170 [ref. 28369], Scharpf 2005:25 [ref. 28940], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:294 [ref. 29996], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:335 [ref. 30085], Minckley & Marsh 2009:180 [ref. 31114], Esmaeili et al. 2010:370 [ref. 33391], Ho & Shao 2011: 28 [ref. 31432], Page & Burr 2011:153 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:73 [ref. 32708], Kottelat 2013:125 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:84 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:876 [ref. 34062], Zhang et al. 2016:53 [ref. 34477], Esmaeili et al. 2017:53 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:33 [ref. 36089], Zhang et al. 2019:143 [ref. 36699], Dyldin et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37569], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:100 [ref. 37983], Fu et al. 2021:9569 [ref. 39347], Guo 2021:101 [ref. 38617], Chan et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40365], Çiçek et al. 2023:459 [ref. 40601], Dyldin et al. 2023:[15] [ref. 40328], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40667], Page et al. 2023:66 [ref. 40505], Shumka et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40747], Çiçek et al. 2024:185 [ref. 40789], Fricke et al. 2024:163 [ref. 41622], Endruweit 2025:128 [ref. 42401], Goren 2025:22 [ref. 42464]). Current status: Valid as Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: China, Russia. Introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.

tonkinensis, Barbus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1884:211, Pl. 7 (fig. 3) [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 9 (no. 3/4); ref. 3886] Surroundings of Hanoi, northern Vietnam. Holotype: MNHN. •Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846) -- (Mai 1978:118 [ref. 13511], Kottelat 2001:31 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2013:125 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2025:128 [ref. 42401]). Current status: Synonym of Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson 1846). Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.