variegatus, Nemachilus Dabry de Thiersant [P.] in Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant 1874:14 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 6) v. 1 (art. 5); ref. 15665] Tchen-si, Wei River, China. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-7854. Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2641 [ex MNHN 0000-7854] (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:98 [ref. 19574]. Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. Lectotype selected by Bănărescu & Nalbant 1974:96 [ref. 28153]. •Valid as Paracobitis variegatus (Dabry de Thiersant 1874) -- (Zheng et al. 1989:48 [ref. 21202], Zhu 1989:32 [ref. 17744], Wu & Wu 1992:140 [ref. 21205], Ding 1994:51 [ref. 21531], Yang & Chen 1994:60 [ref. 28152] with subspecies, Zhu 1995:108 [ref. 25213], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:49 [ref. 23556], Tang et al. 2001:14 [ref. 25373], Min et al. 2010:202 [ref. 30726] with subspecies). •Valid as Homatula variegata (Dabry de Thiersant 1874) -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:444 [ref. 23187], Hu & Zhang 2010:52 [ref. 30780], Gu & Zhang 2012:597 [ref. 31632], Min et al. 2012:313 [ref. 32341], Min et al. 2012:80 [ref. 32392] as variegatus, Kottelat 2012:84 [ref. 32367], Zhang et al. 2016:129 [ref. 34477] as variegatus, Endruweit et al. 2018:565 [ref. 35763], Li et al. 2019:347 [ref. 37175], Zhang et al. 2019:364 [ref. 36699], Zhou et al. 2021:12 [ref. 38386], Guo 2021:490 [ref. 38618] as variegatus, Nguyen et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38733], Liu et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39342], Min et al. 2022:112 [ref. 39113], Che et al. 2023:284 [ref. 40280]). Current status: Valid as Homatula variegata (Dabry de Thiersant 1874). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: Weihe River drainage, middle Yellow River basin and Yangtze River basin (Shanxi, China). Habitat: freshwater.