helodes, Botia Sauvage [H.-E.] 1876:99 [3] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (6th Série) v. 13; ref. 19811] Rizière de Tma-Kré, Cambodia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-8595. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:92 [ref. 19574]. On p. 3 of separate. •Valid as Botia helodes Sauvage 1876 -- (Kottelat 1984:807 [ref. 11440], Rainboth 1996:133 [ref. 22772], Doi 1997:15 [ref. 22832], Kottelat 1998:96 [ref. 23436], Kottelat 2001:88 [ref. 25780]). •Valid as Hymenophysa helodes (Sauvage 1876) -- (Nalbant 2002:317 [ref. 27361]). •Valid as Syncrossus helodes (Sauvage 1876) -- (Kottelat 2004:14 [ref. 27360], Grant 2007:42 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:19 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:175 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:45 [ref. 33971], Bohlen et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34628], Taki et al. 2021:194 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Syncrossus helodes (Sauvage 1876). Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: northern Malay Peninsula to Laos and southern Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.