epiroticus, Paraphoxinus Steindachner [F.] 1895:182 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 32 (no. 18) (for 11 July 1895); ref. 14587] "See von Janina und Fluss Luros der in den Golf von Arta mündet, in Albanien." Syntypes: (several) MSNG 9054 (2); ?NMW 12982-90 (9), 51125-43 (?. 16, 12, 9, 16, 6, ?, 6, 4, 9, 3, 9, ?, 5, 5, 14, 12, 8, 7), 51146-55 (?, 8, ?, 5, 12, 1, 12, 10, 25, 5). Type catalog: Tortonese 1961:187 [ref. 10343]. •Valid as Phoxinellus epiroticus (Steindachner 1895) -- (Kottelat 1997:73 [ref. 22952]). •Valid as Pseudophoxinus epiroticus (Steindachner 1895) -- (Kottelat & Barbieri 2004:154 [ref. 27797], Perdikaris et al. 2005:371 [ref. 28522], Bogutskaya et al. 2006:336 [ref. 29055]). •Valid as Pelasgus epiroticus (Steindachner 1895) -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:104 [ref. 29197] dated 1896, Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:215 [ref. 29996], Barbieri et al. 2015:57 [ref. 35029] dated 1896, Rodríguez et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38588], Tsaparis et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38151]). Current status: Valid as Pelasgus epiroticus (Steindachner 1895). Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Southeastern Europe: Pamvotis Lake, Janina Lake, tributaries and effluent river systems, Epirus (Albania and Greece). Habitat: freshwater.