meridianus, Paracheilognathus Wu [H.-W.] 1939:117 [Sinensia v. 10 (nos 1-6); ref. 4805] Yangao, Li Kiang, southern China. Syntypes: 146 (1), 148 (1), 159 (1), 161-163 (3), 165 (1), 556-557 (2), 559 (1). •Valid as Paracheilognathus meridianus Wu 1939 -- (Wu 1964:210 [ref. 13503], Zheng et al. 1989:163 [ref. 21202], Zhu 1995:45 [ref. 25213], Lin in Chen et al. 1998:441 [ref. 23878], Tang et al. 2001:12 [ref. 25373]). •In genus Acheilognathus -- (Arai & Akai 1988:208 [ref. 6999]). •Valid as Acheilognathus meridianus (Wu 1939) -- (Kottelat 1998:55 [ref. 23436], Kottelat 2001:15 [ref. 25482] as aff. meridianus, Yang et al. 2010:336 [ref. 30786], Yang et al. 2011:163 [ref. 31154], Nguyan et al. 2013:20 [ref. 32689], Zhang et al. 2016:68 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Acheilognathus meridianus (Wu 1939). Acheilognathidae. Distribution: Southern China. Habitat: freshwater.