cardinalis, Cosmochilus Chu [X.-L.] & Roberts [T. R.] 1985:3, Figs. 2-5 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 44 (no. 1); ref. 5244] Mainstream of Lancang-jiang near Jinghong, southern Yunnan Province, China, 21°50'N, 100°55'E. Holotype: KIZ 1973001079 [735113]. Paratypes: CAS 55592 [ex KIZ 735111] (1); KIZ 1973000848 [ex 734079] (1), 734080 (1), 1973000849 [ex 734082] (1), 1973000850 [ex 735025] (1), 735030 (1), 1973000851 [ex 735075] (1), 735107 (1), 1973000854 [ex 735109] (1), 735110 (1), 1973000855 [ex 735112] (1), 1973000852 [ex 735106] (1), 1973000853 [ex 735108] (1). Type catalog: Du et al. 2013:347 [ref. 32939], Min et al. 2026:120 [ref. 42825]. •Valid as Cosmochilus cardinalis Chu & Roberts 1985 -- (Chu & Cui in Chu & Chen 1989:162 [ref. 13584], Chen et al. 1992:102 [ref. 21068], Zhu 1995:52 [ref. 25213], Yue & Chen 1998:116 [ref. 26415], Shan et al. in Yue 2000:90 [ref. 25272], Kottelat 2013:89 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:89 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9569 [ref. 39347]). Current status: Valid as Cosmochilus cardinalis Chu & Roberts 1985. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: upper Makong River system, Yunnan (China). Habitat: freshwater.