pulcher, Nemacheilus Nichols [J. T.] & Pope [C. H.] 1927:338, Fig. 10, Pl. 26 (fig. 2) [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 54 (art. 2); ref. 5747] Nodoa, Hainan Island, China. AMNH 8364. Type locality possible in errer (Kottelat 2013:213); Endruweit 2014:152 [ref. 33205] says not from Hainan Island. •Valid as Nemacheilus pulcher Nichols & Pope 1927 -- (Mai 1978:229 [ref. 13511], Chen in Kuang et al. 1986:149 [ref. 26639]). •Valid as Micronoemacheilus pulcher (Nichols & Pope 1927) -- (Zhu & Cao 1987:324 [ref. 14139], Zheng et al. 1989:40 [ref. 21202], Zhu 1989:11 [ref. 17744], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:240 [ref. 23876], Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:437 [ref. 23187], Zhu 1995:105 [ref. 25213], Zhang et al. 2016:129 [ref. 34477]). •Valid as Traccatichthys pulcher (Nichols & Pope 1927) -- (Freyhof & Serov 2001:188 [ref. 25364], Du et al. 2012:304 [ref. 32340], Kottelat 2012:121 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:213 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2014:152 [ref. 33205], Du et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38600]). Current status: Valid as Traccatichthys pulcher (Nichols & Pope 1927). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: China and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.