sinensis, Rhodeus Günther [A.] 1868:280 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Zhejiang, China. Lectotype: BMNH 1868.10.19.150. Paralectotypes: (2) BMNH 1858.10.19.149 (1). Lectotype selected by Akai & Arai 1998:105 [ref. 23354]. •Synonym of Rhodeus ocellatus (Kner 1866) -- (Lin in Chen et al. 1998:445 [ref. 23878]). •In genus Rhodeus -- (Arai & Akai 1988:209 [ref. 6999]). •Valid as Rhodeus sinensis Günther 1868 -- (Wu 1964:202 [ref. 13503], Coad 1981:11 [ref. 22348], Wang 1984:63 [ref. 22951], Lelek 1987:223 [ref. 22962], Chen & Li in Chu & Chen 1989:125 [ref. 13584], Zheng et al. 1989:156 [ref. 21202], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:124 [ref. 23876], Ding 1994:172 [ref. 21531], Yang & Chen 1995:53 [ref. 23555], Zhu 1995:47 [ref. 25213], Coad 1996:84 [ref. 25304], Cheng & Zhou 1997:140 [ref. 26385], Akai & Arai 1998:105 [ref. 23354], Kottelat 1998:55 [ref. 23436], Arai et al. 2001:280 [ref. 25545], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373], Wang et al. 2001:157 [ref. 26566], Bogutskaya & Komlev 2001:82 [ref. 26834], Naseka & Bogutskaya 2004:282 [ref. 27838], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:43 [ref. 28183], Chen et al. 2005:90 [ref. 28516], Li & Arai 2010:303 [ref. 31188], Li & Arai 2011:303 [ref. 31188], Kottelat 2013:157 [ref. 32989], Li & Arai 2014:175 [ref. 33267], Zhang et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34477], Li et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35680], Li et al. 2020:[14] [ref. 37372], Li et al. 2020:338 [ref. 37574], Guo 2021:306 [ref. 38617], Çiçek et al. 2023:32 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Rhodeus sinensis Günther 1868. Acheilognathidae. Distribution: East Asia: Yangtze River basin, northern China and Korea. Introduced in Afghanistan. Habitat: freshwater.