rarus, Cobitis Chen [J.-X.] 1981:24 [English p. 32], Fig. 1 [Transactions of the Chinese Ichthyological Society No. 1; ref. 8242] Lüeyang and Fengxian, Shanxi Province, China. Syntypes: IHASW 596070-74 (5), 731121-22 (2). •Valid as Cobitis rara Chen 1981 -- (Chen & Chen 2011:150 [ref. 31435], Chen et al. 2013:382 [ref. 32679], Chen & Chen 2013:94 [ref. 32990], Chen et al. 2015:14 [ref. 35710], Perdices et al. 2016:7 [ref. 34266], Zhang et al. 2016:152 [ref. 34477], Tan et al. 2019:169 [ref. 36712]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis rara Chen 1981. Cobitidae. Distribution: Shanxi Province, China. Habitat: freshwater.