bucculentus, Noemacheilus Smith [H. M.] 1945:326, Fig. 74 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 188; ref. 4056] Huey Nam Puat at Ban Nam Puat, Laos. Holotype: USNM 107942. Paratypes: USNM 107896 (1), 107945 (1). Genus is correctly Nemacheilus. •Valid as Schistura bucculenta (Smith 1945) -- (Zhu 1989:43 [ref. 17744], Kottelat 1990:112 [ref. 14137], Zhu 1995:110 [ref. 25213], Doi 1997:17 [ref. 22832], Chen 1999:304 [ref. 24925], Kottelat 2001:104 [ref. 25780], Kottelat 2012:106 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:205 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:132 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9568 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:209 [ref. 39830], Kottelat 2023:529 [ref. 40452]). Current status: Valid as Schistura bucculenta (Smith 1945). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: upper Mekong River basin, northern Laos and Yunnan (China). Habitat: freshwater.