pectoralis, Oryzias Roberts [T. R.] 1998:221, Fig. 2E [Ichthyological Research v. 45 (no. 3); ref. 23471] Rice paddy near Laksao, Nakai plateau, Nam Theun basin, central Laos. Holotype: CAS 92320. Paratypes: CAS 92321 (18, 4 c&s). •Doubtfully valid as Oryzias pectoralis Roberts 1998 -- (Kottelat 2001:56 [ref. 25482]). •Valid as Oryzias pectoralis Roberts 1998 -- (Kottelat 2001:144 [ref. 25780], Parenti 2008:580 [ref. 29902], Magtoon 2010:111 [ref. 30842], Kottelat 2013:289 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:47 [ref. 33971], Endruweit 2024:34 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Oryzias pectoralis Roberts 1998. Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: middle Mekong River basin, Laos and coastal streams and Red River delta, southeast China and northern Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater.