aspro, Platyptera Valenciennes [A.] (ex Kuhl & van Hasselt) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837:321, Pl. 360 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 12; ref. 1006] Batam [Bantem], western Java, Indonesia; Sulawesi, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN A-2006 (2) Sulawesi, A.2139 (2) Sulawesi; RMNH D2114 (1, dry). Non-types: SMF 1859 [ex RMNH in 1828] (2). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1991:47 [ref. 19958]. •Valid as Rhyacichthys aspro (Valenciennes 1837) -- (Miller 1973:397 [ref. 25577], Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:238 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:549 [ref. 25598], Allen 1991:149 [ref. 21090], Roberts 1993:41 [ref. 21799], Kottelat et al. 1993:132 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:173 [ref. 25213], Nakabo 2000:1148 [ref. 25182], Larson 2001:13 [ref. 25522], Sakai et al. 2001:106 [ref. 25693], Nakabo 2002:1148 [ref. 26193], Yonezawa et al. 2010:253 [ref. 30902]. Larson 2011:55 [ref. 31724], Kottelat 2013:387 [ref. 32989], Miesen et al. 2016:92 [ref. 34492], Zhang et al. 2016:196 [ref. 34477], Parenti 2021:437 [ref. 38603], Haÿ et al. 2022:133 [ref. 39831], Jamandre 2023:170 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Rhyacichthys aspro (Valenciennes 1837). Rhyacichthyidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Sumatra (Indonesia) east to Philipines, north to Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.