brachyurus, Phoxinus Berg [L. S.] 1912:241, Fig. 16 [v. 3 (pt 1); ref. 5874] Chilik River, Ili basin, Kazakhstan. Holotype (?): ZIN 10277 (1). Paratypes: ZIN 10277a (6). •Synonym of Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Mitrofanov et al. 1987:141 [ref. 37731]). •Valid as Phoxinus brachyurus Berg 1912 -- (Berg 1949:586 [ref. 20661], Yang & Hwang 1964:24 [ref. 13497], Howes 1985:67 [ref. 5274], Zhu 1995:30 [ref. 25213], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:81 [ref. 23878], Strange & Mayden 2009:495 [ref. 30381], Zhang et al. 2016:54 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Phoxinus brachyurus Berg 1912. Leuciscidae: Phoxininae. Distribution: North Asia: Kazakhstan. Habitat: freshwater.