oligolepis, Paracobitis variegatus Cao [W.-X.] & Zhu [S.-Q.] in Zheng et al. 1989:48 [Engl. p. 410], Fig. 27 [Fishes of the Zhujiang River; ref. 21202] Yangzonghai, Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: IHASW 63-V-553. Paratypes: IHASW 63-V-465 (1), 63-V-551 to 552 (1, 1), 63-V-559 (1), 63-V-1077 (1). •Valid species, may be in genus Homatula -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:444 [ref. 23187]). •Synonym of Paracobitis variegatus (Dabry de Thiersant 1874), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Zheng et al. 1989:48 [ref. 21202]). •Valid as Paracobitis oligolepis Cao & Zhu 1989 -- (Zhu 1989:35 [ref. 17744], Zhu 1995:109 [ref. 25213], Min et al. 2010:202 [ref. 30726]). •Valid as Homatula oligolepis (Cao & Zhu 1989) -- (Hu & Zhang 2010:52 [ref. 30780], Gu & Zhang 2012:597 [ref. 31632], Min et al. 2012:313 [ref. 32341], Kottelat 2012:84 [ref. 32367], Min et al. 2013:354 [ref. 32529], Zhang et al. 2016:128 [ref. 34477], Endruweit et al. 2018:565 [ref. 35763], Li et al. 2019:347 [ref. 37175], Zhou et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38386], Nguyen et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38733], Min et al. 2022:111 [ref. 39113], Che et al. 2023:284 [ref. 40280]). Current status: Valid as Homatula oligolepis (Cao & Zhu 1989). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: Yangzonghai River drainage [Yangzong Lake], upper Pearl River basin, Yunnan Province, China. Habitat: freshwater.