merus, Glyptothorax Li [S.-S.] 1984:79 [English p. 86], Fig. 2 [Journal of Yunnan University 1984 (no. 2); ref. 21989] Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: KIZ 737159. Paratypes: KIZ (14). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:391 [ref. 29155], Du et al. 2013:355 [ref. 32939]. •Valid as Glyptothorax merus Li 1984 -- (Mo & Chu 1986:341 [ref. 8064]). •Synonym of Glyptothorax interspinalum (Mai 1978) -- (Chu in Chu et al. 1999:151 [ref. 24534], Kottelat 2001:136 [ref. 25780], Thomson & Page 2006:48 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:390 [ref. 29155] with question, Kottelat 2013:225 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:173 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Synonym of Glyptothorax interspinalum (Mai 1978). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.