iridescens, Cyclocheilichthys Nichols [J. T.] & Pope [C. H.] 1927:347, Fig. 17 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 54 (art. 2); ref. 5747] Nodoa, Hainan Island, China. Holotype (unique): AMNH 8369. •Valid as Cyclocheilichthys iridescens (Nichols & Pope 1927) -- (Mai 1978:90 [ref. 13511]). •Synonym of Acrossocheilus longipinnis (Wu 1939) -- (Zheng et al. 1989:184 [ref. 21202]). •Valid as Acrossocheilus iridescens (Nichols & Pope 1927) -- (Wu et al. 1977:289 [ref. 4807], Chen et al. in Pan et al. 1991:152 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:59 [ref. 25213], Kottelat 2001:17 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2001:38 [ref. 25780], Yuan et al. 2012:160 [ref. 32352], Kottelat 2013:71 [ref. 32989], Lan et al. 2014:437 [ref. 33407], Yuan et al. 2015:161 [ref. 34103], Zhang et al.2016:87 [ref. 34477] subspecies iridescens, Xiao et al. 2024:[7] [ref. 40869]). Current status: Valid as Acrossocheilus iridescens (Nichols & Pope 1927). Cyprinidae: Acrossocheilinae. Distribution: East Asia: southeast China and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.