leptocephalus, Cyprinus Pallas [P. S.] 1776:207, 703 [Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reiches; ref. 18509] Transbaikalia, Russia. No types known. Also described as new in Pallas 1787:357, Pl. 11 (fig. 10) [ref. 18507]. As a nomen nudum in Pallas 1787:207 [ref. 18506]. •Valid as Pseudaspius leptocephalus (Pallas 1776) -- (Berg 1949:599 [ref. 20661], Yang & Hwang 1964:34 [ref. 13497], Zhu 1995:31 [ref. 25213], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:20 [ref. 22798], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:740 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:69 [ref. 23589], Luo in Chen et al. 1998:92 [ref. 23878], Pietsch et al. 2001:139 [ref. 25688], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:43 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:96 [ref. 28183], Kottelat 2006:47 [ref. 28831], Ocock et al. 2006:43 [ref. 28933], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:332 [ref. 30085], Parin et al. 2014:86 [ref. 33547], Zhang et al. 2016:54 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:662 [ref. 34853], Dyldin et al. 2021:24 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:66 [ref. 38158], Dyldin et al. 2023:[26] [ref. 40328]). Current status: Valid as Pseudaspius leptocephalus (Pallas 1776). Leuciscidae: Pseudaspininae. Distribution: East Asia: China, Mongolia and Russia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.