Schizothorax Heckel [J. J.] 1838:11 Masc. Schizothorax esocinus Heckel 1838. Type by subsequent designation. According to Kullander et al. 1999:113 [ref. 23689], the type of Schizothorax is Schizothorax esocinus as designated by McClelland 1842 and not Schizothorax plagiostomus. Type as plagiostomus apparently first designated by Bleeker 1863:196 [ref. 397], 1863:26 [ref. 4859] and 1863:262 [ref. 403], not cavifrons as designated by Günther 1868. •Valid as Schizothorax Heckel 1838 -- (Tsao 1964:139 [ref. 13501], Karaman 1971:191 [ref. 2560], Jayaram 1981:67 [ref. 6497], Chen et al. 1982 [ref. 8496], Terashima 1984 [ref. 6729], Tilak 1987:47 [ref. 23969], Wu 1987:44 [ref. 12822], Mirza & Saeed 1988 [ref. 13385], Mo in Chu & Chen 1989:287 [ref. 13584], Mirza 1991:340 [ref. 19441], Wu & Wu 1992:389 [ref. 21205], Chen & Huang in Chen 1998:184 [ref. 23556], Kullander et al. 1999:110 [ref. 23689], Chen & Cao in Yue et al. 2000:275 [ref. 25272], Yang et al. 2009:23 [ref. 30052], Gante 2011:289 [ref. 31608], Yang et al. 2013:361 [ref. 32818], Kottelat 2013:161 [ref. 32989], Yang et al. 2015:99 [ref. 33694] in Cyprininae, tribe Schizothoracini, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:879 [ref. 34062], Arunkumar & Moyon 2016:65 [ref. 34448], Zhang et al. 2016:121 [ref. 34477], Esmaeili et al. 2017:57 [ref. 35254], Çiçek et al. 2018:6 [ref. 36267], Esmaeili et al. 2018:37 [ref. 36089], Ding et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39200]). Current status: Valid as Schizothorax Heckel 1838. Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae.