microphthalma, Leptobotia Fu [T.-Y.] & Ye [M.-R.] 1983:121 (English p. 123), Fig. 1 [Zoological Research v. 4 (no. 2); ref. 8344] Leshan County, Min River system, Sichuan, China, elevation about 450 meters. Syntypes: Sichuan Agric. College 6-1040 (1), ?MIHASW 6-1118 (1). •Valid as Leptobotia microphthalma Fu & Ye 1983 -- (Ding 1994:111 [ref. 21531], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:89 [ref. 23556], Li et al. 2008:632 [ref. 29976], Kottelat 2012:17 [ref. 32367], Zhang et al. 2016:155 [ref. 34477], Bohlen et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34628], Bohlen & Šlechtová 2016:72 [ref. 34953], Bohlen & Šlechtová 2017:99 [ref. 35233], Zhang et al. 2019:406 [ref. 36699], Guo & Zhang 2021:107 [ref. 38147], Guo 2021:671 [ref. 38618], Guo et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40048]). Current status: Valid as Leptobotia microphthalma Fu & Ye 1983. Botiidae: Leptobotiinae. Distribution: East Asia: middle and upper Yangtze River basin, Sichuan Province, China. Habitat: freshwater.