macrolepis, Hemiculterella Chen [Y.-R.] in Chu & Chen et al. 1989:75, Fig. 70 [The fishes of Yunnan, China. Part 1 Cyprinidae.; ref. 13584] Mengla Xian, Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: KIZ 745094. Paratypes: KIZ 745017-18 (2), 745156 (1). Type catalog: Du et al. 2013:346 [ref. 32939]. •Valid as Hemiculterella macrolepis Chen 1989 -- (Zhu 1995:38 [ref. 25213], Kottelat 1998:36 [ref. 23436], Luo & Chen in Chen et al. 1998:174 [ref. 23878], Kottelat 2001:54 [ref. 25780], Kottelat 2013:111 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:41 [ref. 33971], Zhang et al. 2016:60 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9569 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:78 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Hemiculterella macrolepis Chen 1989. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: upper Mekong River basin, Xe Bangfai and Nam Theun, China and northern Laos. Habitat: freshwater.