sinensis, Tachysurus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:150, 151[?305], Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Huairou Reservoir, about 2 kilometers northeast of observatory, 40°19'00"N, 116°37'31"E, Huairou County, Beiging, China. Neotype: USNM 336888. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:431 [ref. 29155] as type not found. Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat 2007:37, 43 [ref. 29362]. Lacepède's description was based on a figure, reproduced in Ng & Kottelat 2007:35 [ref. 29362] as Fig. 2. Neotype designation confirmed by Ng & Kottelat 2008:154 [ref. 29873]. •Valid as Arius sinensis (Lacepède 1803) -- (Ni & Wu in Kuang et al. 1986:171 [ref. 26639], Zheng 1989:293 [ref. 21202], Lu in Pan et al. 1991:323 [ref. 23876], Chen et al. 1997:23 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:204 [ref. 26385], Dai in Chu et al. 1999:184 [ref. 24534]). •Nomen dubium in Bagridae -- (Kailola 2004:144 [ref. 28108], but with problems on the type). •Species inquirenda in Siluriformes -- (Ferraris 2007:431 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède 1802 in Bagridae -- (Ng & Kottelat 2007:35 [ref. 29362], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:341 [ref. 30085], Ng 2009:24 [ref. 30544], Kottelat 2013:267 [ref. 32989], Parin et al. 2014:106 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2016:671 [ref. 34853], Dyldin et al. 2020:88 [ref. 37569], Grant 2020:32 [ref. 37638], Dyldin et al. 2021:26 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:68 [ref. 38158], Cheng et al. 2021:312 [ref. 38402], Shao & Zhang 2022:9 [ref. 39199], Chan et al. 2023:139 [ref. 40365]). Current status: Valid as Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède 1803. Bagridae. Distribution: East Asia: northern and southern China. Introduced in Hong Kong (China). Habitat: freshwater.