orientalis, Garra Nichols [J. T.] 1925:4 [American Museum Novitates No. 185; ref. 3180] Near Nanping, Fukien Province, China. Holotype (unique): AMNH 8437. •See Kottelat 2000:42 [ref. 25040]. •See Freyhof et al. 2000:94 [ref. 25184]. •Valid as Garra orientalis Nichols 1925 -- (Wu et al. 1977:379 [ref. 4807], Mai 1978:52 [ref. 13511], Jin in Kuang et al. 1986:136 [ref. 26639], Chu & Cui in Chu & Chen 1989:275 [ref. 13584], Zheng et al. 1989:215 [ref. 21202], Chen et al. in Pan et al. 1991:181 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:69 [ref. 25213], Chen in Chen 1998:178 [ref. 23556], Zhang et al. in Yue 2000:239 [ref. 25272], Kottelat 2001:24 [ref. 25482], Zhang & Chen 2002:462 [ref. 26897], Zhang 2005:13 [ref. 28349], Zhou et al. 2005:452 [ref. 28432], Zhang 2006:447 [ref. 28912], Li et al. 2008:62 [ref. 29588], Nebeshwar et al. 2012:2358 [ref. 31816], Zhang & Zhou 2012:24 [ref. 32322], Ahmed et al. 2013:285 [ref. 32872], Nebeshwar & Vishwanath 2013:116 [ref. 33006], Shangningam & Vishwanath 2015:272 [ref. 34052], Nguyen et al. 2015:902 [ref. 36430], Zhang et al. 2016:111 [ref. 34477], Gurumayum & Kosygin 2016:92 [ref. 34491], Yu et al. 2016:295 [ref. 34494], Nebeshwar & Vishwanath 2017:25 [ref. 35484], Sun et al. 2018:67 [ref. 35784]). Current status: Valid as Garra orientalis Nichols 1925. Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Distribution: Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan and Fujian, South-east China and northern Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.