hekouensis, Balantiocheilus Wu [H.-W.] in Wu, Lin, Chen, Chen & He 1977:332, Fig. 7-65 [The cyprinid fishes of China v. 2; ref. 4807] China; Vietnam. Syntypes: IHB 644034-35 (2) and BU 036 (1) Hekou, Yunnan; 6410016-17 (1, 1) Vietnam. •Valid as Paraspinibarbus hekouensis (Wu 1977) -- (Shan et al. in Yue 2000:152 [ref. 25272]). •Valid as Balantiocheilus hekouensis Wu 1977 -- (Chu & Cui in Chu & Chen 1989:148 [ref. 13584], Yue & Chen 1998:124 [ref. 26415]). •Synonym of Paraspinibarbus macracanthus (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936) -- (Chu & Kottelat 1989:2 [ref. 12575], Kottelat 2001:34 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2001:69 [ref. 25780], Ng & Kottelat 2007:13 [ref. 29118], Kottelat 2013:139 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:94 [ref. 34477] with wrong authors). Current status: Synonym of Paraspinibarbus macracanthus (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936). Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Habitat: freshwater.