Species that contain: Protosalanx and chinensis [ 2 ] records

chinensis, Eperlanus Basilewsky [S.] 1855:242 [Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10; ref. 200] Straits of Tschili, China. No types at ZIN. •Valid as Protosalanx chinensis (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Roberts 1984:205 [ref. 5318], Zhang & Qiao 1994:101 [ref. 18971], Kim 1997:351 [ref. 24032], Kottelat 2001:56 [ref. 25482], Kim & Park 2002:272 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:191, 528 [ref. 26218], Fu et al. 2012:853 [ref. 31691], Kottelat 2013:269 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:188 [ref. 34477], Dyldin et al. 2020:99 [ref. 37569]). Current status: Valid as Protosalanx chinensis (Basilewsky 1855). Salangidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: China and Russia; also introduced in Russia, Habitat: freshwater.

hyalocranius, Salanx Abbott [J. F.] 1901:490, Fig. [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1221); ref. 2] Pei-ho River, Tien-Tsin, China. Holotype: USNM 49551 [ex CAS-SU 6305]. Paratypes: ANSP 26800-39 (40), 26840 (1, c&s); CAS 68625 (150 + 10 c&s); CAS-SU 6306 (25, 7 c&s); UMMZ 55601 (25); USNM 49551 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:16 [ref. 12291], Böhlke 1984:149 [ref. 13621]. Not mentioned by Fu et al. 2011:853 [ref. 31691]. •Synonym of Protosalanx chinensis (Basilewsky 1855) -- (Roberts 1984:205 [ref. 5318], Kottelat 2013:269 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Protosalanx hyalocranius (Abbott 1901) -- (Chen 1956:325 [ref. 23201], Mai 1978:17 [ref. 13511], Zhu 1995:15 [ref. 25213], Cheng & Zhou 1997:88 [ref. 26385], Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:590 [ref. 25122], Wang et al. 2001:67 [ref. 26566]). Current status: Synonym of Protosalanx chinensis (Basilewsky 1855). Salangidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.