cryptonemus, Placocheilus Cui [G.-H.] & Li [Z.-Y.] 1984:110 (English p. 112), Fig. 1 [Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 8236] Laowo, 25°51'N, 99°01'E, Yunlong County, Yunnan Province, China. Holotype: KIZ 742035. Paratypes: KIZ (14). Type catalog: Du et al. 2013:349 [ref. 32939]. Specific name is an undeclinable noun. •Valid as Garra cryptonemus (Cui & Li 1984) -- (Li et al. 2008:67 [ref. 29588], Lothongkham et al. 2014:552 [ref. 33283]). •Valid as Placocheilus cryptonemus Cui & Li 1984 -- (Chu & Cui in Chu & Chen 1989:280 [ref. 13584], Zhu 1995:71 [ref. 25213], Chen in Chen 1998:176 [ref. 23556], Yue & Chen 1998:136 [ref. 26415], Zhang et al. in Yue 2000:267 [ref. 25272], Zheng et al. 2002:213 [ref. 27464], Zhang & Zhou 2012:24 [ref. 32322], Yang et al. 2012:366 [ref. 33458]). •Valid as Pseudoplacocheilus cryptonemus (Cui & Li 1984) -- (Li et al. 2024:8 [ref. 41232]). Current status: Valid as Pseudoplacocheilus cryptonemus (Cui & Li 1984). Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Distribution: East Asia: upper Salween River drainage, Yunnan Province, China. Habitat: freshwater.