anophthalmus, Sinocyclocheilus Chen [Y.-Y.] & Chu [X.-L.] in Chen, Chu, Luo & Wu 1988:64 [English p. 70], Fig. 1 [Acta Zoologica Sinica v. 34 (no. 1); ref. 16228] Subterranean river at Yiliang County cave, 25°24'N, 103°27'E [25°03'N, 103°23'E], Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: KIZ 865949. Paratypes: KIZ (7). Type catalog: Du et al. 2013:347 [ref. 32939]. •Valid as Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus Chen & Chu 1988 -- (Chen & Yang 1993:123 [ref. 24946], Zhu 1995:54 [ref. 25213], Chen et al. 1997:220 [ref. 23733], Yue & Chen 1998:107 [ref. 26415] as anophthalmua, Zhou & Li 1998:141 [ref. 28158], Kottelat & Bréhier 1999:356 [ref. 24929], Shan et al. in Yue 2000:75 [ref. 25272], Zhang & Zhao 2001:105 [ref. 25250], Romero & Paulson 2001:18 [ref. 26040], Zhou et al. 2004:591, 594 [ref. 27905], Lan et al. 2004:379 [ref. 27903], Proudlove 2006:71 [ref. 28992], Zhao & Zhang 2006:773 [ref. 31176], Romero et al. 2009 [ref. 30522], Zhao et al. 2011:1551 [ref. 31493], Ma & Zhao 2012:109 [ref. 34891], Zhang et al. 2016:99 [ref. 34477], Zhao et al. 2021:270 [ref. 39337]). Current status: Valid as Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus Chen & Chu 1988. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: East Asia: caves in Jiuxiang, Nanpanjiang River basin, Yunnan (China). IUCN (1996): Vulnerable. Habitat: freshwater.