purpureus, Sinocyclocheilus Li [W.-X.] 1985:426 (English p. 429), Fig. 4 [Zoological Research v. 6 (no. 4); ref. 8147] Pingyanzhe town, ca. 23°44'N, 103°46'E, Nanpan River system, Yonshan County, Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: IHASW 12209015-731004. Paratypes: IHASW 731002-03 (2), 731005-08 (4), 731010 (1), 731012 (1), 731014 (1), 731027 (1). •Valid as Sinocyclocheilus purpureus Li 1985 -- (Zhu 1995:53 [ref. 25213], Shan et al. in Yue 2000:71 [ref. 25272], Li et al. 2000:80 [ref. 28171], Zhao & Zhang 2006:773 [ref. 31176], Romero et al. 2009 [ref. 30522], Zhao et al. 2011:1551 [ref. 31493], Ma & Zhao 2012:109 [ref. 34891], Pan et al. 2013:368 [ref. 32821], Zhang et al. 2016:102 [ref. 34477], Yang et al. 2017:509 [ref. 35837], Li et al. 2018:157 [ref. 35866], Zhao et al. 2021:312 [ref. 39337]). Current status: Valid as Sinocyclocheilus purpureus Li 1985. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: East Asia: Pingyuanjie and Zhongheying Towns, Nanpanjiang River basin, Yunnan Province, China. Habitat: freshwater.