microphthalmus, Oreonectes Du [L.-N.], Chen [X.-Y.] & Yang [J.-X.] 2008:28, Fig. 4 [Zootaxa No. 1729; ref. 29544] Du'an County, 24°15'N, 107°05'E, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Holotype: KIZ 2004009395. Paratypes: KIZ 2004009394 (1), 20040093996-99 (4). Type catalog: Du et al. 2013:351 [ref. 32939]. Also spelled microphthalma; Kottelat 2012:94 [ref. 32367] selected microphthalmus over microphthalma. •Valid as Oreonectes microphthalmus Du, Chen & Yang 2008 -- (Huang et al. 2009:445 [ref. 30323], Romero et al. 2009 [ref. 30522], Zhao et al. 2011:1552 [ref. 31493], Yang et al. 2011:210 [ref. 31282], Tang et al. 2012:489 [ref. 31595], Kottelat 2012:347 [ref. 32232], Kottelat 2012:94 [ref. 32367] with genus in question, Ma & Zhao 2012:110 [ref. 34891], Lan et al. 2013:61, 253 [ref. 32910], Deng et al. 2016:59 [ref. 34936], Liu et al. 2019:404 [ref. 36573]). •Valid as Troglonectes microphthalmus (Du, Chen & Yang 2008) -- (Zhang et al. 2016:148 [ref. 34477], Zhao et al. 2021:423 [ref. 38385], Luo et al. 2023:[4] [ref. 40042], Li et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40200]) Current status: Valid as Troglonectes microphthalmus (Du, Chen & Yang 2008). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Liujiang River drainage, upper Pearl River basin, Guangxi, China. Habitat: freshwater.
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