biwae, Cobitis Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:748 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1235); ref. 2504] Near Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 2703. Paralectotypes: RMNH 36368 (7). Replacement name for Cobitis taenia japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846, preoccupied by Cobitis japonica Houttuyn 1782. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:167 [ref. 12876] for japonica. •Valid as Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Kuroda 1953:277 [ref. 39545], Okada 1961:555 [ref. 6363], Sawada & Azizawa 1983:318 [ref. 27179], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:58 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:392 [ref. 25598], Sato 1995:51 [ref. 25531], Watanabe 1998:263 [ref. 23491], Shimizu et al. 1998:381 [ref. 23635], Sato et al. 1998:37 [ref. 24972], Mizuno et al. 1999:6 [ref. 25311], Nakabo 2000:274 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:162 [ref. 26000], Kitagawa et al. 2001:250 [ref. 25686], Nakabo 2002:274 [ref. 26001], Kottelat 2012:24 [ref. 32367], Perdices et al. 2016:7 [ref. 34266], Nakajima 2016:125 [ref. 34247], Chen & Chen 2016:388 [ref. 34890], Tan et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36712]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901. Cobitidae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan. Habitat: freshwater.