varius, Akysis Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 1998:1093, Figs. 4m, 13k, 17b, 18 [Journal of Natural History v. 32 (no. 7); ref. 23903] Xe Bangfai, about 3 kilometers upriver of Pan Pakphanang, Khammouan Province, Laos. Holotype: ZRC 41015. Paratypes: CMK 12433 (6), 12609 (1); UMMZ 214913 (2); USNM 232930 (7). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:15 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kim 2008:14 [ref. 29920]. •Valid as Akysis varius Ng & Kottelat 1998 -- (Ng 1999:547 [ref. 24609], Ng & Kottelat 2000:9 [ref. 25042], Kottelat 2001:140 [ref. 25780], Ng & Freyhof 2003:315 [ref. 27399], Ng & Kottelat 2004:194 [ref. 27854], Ng & Rainboth 2005:33 [ref. 28353], Ng 2006:20 [ref. 28586], Ferraris 2007:15 [ref. 29155], Ng 2008:261 [ref. 29979], Ng 2011:66 [ref. 31572], Kottelat 2013:219 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:47 [ref. 33971], Taki et al. 2021:298 [ref. 39830], Ng et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39344]). Current status: Valid as Akysis varius Ng & Kottelat 1998. Akysidae: Akysinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong River basin, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Habitat: freshwater.