macrocephalus, Synodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:320, 321, Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] China. No types known. Combine with a feminine genus, the adjective should be macrocephala. •Synonym in part of Leucosoma chinensis (Osbeck 1765) -- (Mai 1978:20 [ref. 13511]). •Valid as Luciobrama macrocephala (Lacepède 1803) [often seen as macrocephalus] -- (Yang & Hwang 1964:21 [ref. 13497], Mai 1978:116 [ref. 13511], Wang 1984:35 [ref. 22951], Chen & Li in Chu & Chen 1989:39 [ref. 13584], Zheng et al. 1989:76 [ref. 21202], Song in Pan et al. 1991:82 [ref. 23876], Ding 1994:138 [ref. 21531], Zhu 1995:29 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:108 [ref. 26385], Chen in Chen 1998:101 [ref. 23556], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:109 [ref. 23878], Yue & Chen 1998:64 [ref. 26415], Kottelat 2001:28 [ref. 25482], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373], Wang et al. 2001:82 [ref. 26566], Kottelat 2013:121 [ref. 32989] with question, Zhang et al. 2016:53 [ref. 34477], Zhang et al. 2019:151 [ref. 36699], Guo 2021:111 [ref. 38617]). Current status: Valid as Luciobrama macrocephala (Lacepède 1803). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: East Asia: Yangtze River basin, China. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.