nigripinnis, Gobio Günther [A.] 1873:246 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 12 (no. 69) (art. 31); ref. 2004] Shanghai, China. Syntypes: BMNH 1973.7.30.101 (1). •Valid as Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis (Günther 1873), subspecies nigripinnis (Günther 1873) -- (Cheng & Zhou 1997:162 [ref. 26385]). •Valid as Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis (Günther 1873) -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1967:294 [ref. 20624], Lu et al. 1977:474 [ref. 2850], Mai 1978:190 [ref. 13511], Wang 1984:23 [ref. 22951], Zheng et al. 1989:131 [ref. 21202], Jin in Pan et al. 1991:200 [ref. 23876], Ding 1994:259 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:76 [ref. 25213], Naseka 1996:155 [ref. 22943], Kim 1997:205, 207 [ref. 24032], Yue in Chen et al. 1998:277 [ref. 23878], Tang et al. 2001:13 [ref. 25373], Wang et al. 2001:126 [ref. 26566], Kottelat 2006:88 [ref. 28831], Zhang et al. 2016:78 [ref. 34477], An et al. 2020:217 [ref. 37481], Dyldin et al. 2020:91, 94 [ref. 37569], Guo 2021:219 [ref. 38617], Chan et al. 2023:138 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis (Günther 1873). Gobionidae. Distribution: East Asia: Yangtze River basin (China) and Taiwan. Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.