malacopterus, Sinocyclocheilus Chu [X.-L.] & Cui [G.-H.] 1985:437 [English p. 441], Fig. 1g [Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 10 (no. 4); ref. 8174] Cave at Datangzi, Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: KIZ 806019. Paratypes: KIZ (30). •Valid as Sinocyclocheilus malacopterus Chu & Cui 1985 -- (Chu & Cui in Chu & Chen 1989:176 [ref. 13584], Wang & Chen 1989:30 [ref. 25743], Li & Lan 1992:50 [ref. 25742], Zhu 1995:53 [ref. 25213], Shan et al. in Yue 2000:62 [ref. 25272], Proudlove 2006:79 [ref. 28992], Romero et al. 2009 [ref. 30522], Zhao & Zhang 2006:773 [ref. 31176], Zhao et al. 2011:1551 [ref. 31493], Ma & Zhao 2012:109 [ref. 34891], Zhang et al. 2016:102 [ref. 34477], Zhao et al. 2021:305 [ref. 39337]). Current status: Valid as Sinocyclocheilus malacopterus Chu & Cui 1985. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: East Asia: Zhanyi and Luoping Counties, Yunnan Province, China. Habitat: freshwater.