acanthopterus, Scaphiodontopsis Fowler [H. W.] 1934:119, Figs. 74-75 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 86; ref. 1417] Sop Lao, Nam Luang River, Southern Shan States, Myanmar. Holotype: ANSP 58065. Paratypes: ANSP 58066-74 (9). Additional material (11). Type catalog: Monkolprasit 1969:14 [ref. 25088] with no locality, Böhlke 1984:68 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Varicorhinus acanthopterus (Fowler 1934) -- (Wu et al. 1977:320 [ref. 4807], Chu & Cui in Chu & Chen 1989:222 [ref. 13584], Zhu 1995:61 [ref. 25213], Chen in Chen 1998:162 [ref. 23556]). •Synonym of Scaphiodonichthys burmanicus Vinceguerra 1890 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:179 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Scaphiodonichthys acanthopterus (Fowler 1934) -- (Rainboth 1996:99 [ref. 22772], Shan 1997:13 [ref. 25091], Kottelat 1998:56 [ref. 23436], Shan et al. in Yue 2000:149 [ref. 25272], Kottelat 2001:40 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2001:79 [ref. 25780], Kottellat 2013:159 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:43 [ref. 33971], Zhang et al. 2016:98 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9570 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:148 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Scaphiodonichthys acanthopterus (Fowler 1934). Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia, East Asia: Myanmar to Vietnam and Yunnan (China). IUCN (2012): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.