microoculus, Sarcocheilichthys Mori [T.] 1927:98 [Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses v. 11 (no. 2); ref. 15802] Otsu, Lake Biwa, Japan. Holotype: whereabouts unknown. Mori specimens: AMNH 20928 (1). •Valid as Sarcocheilichthys microoculus Mori 1927 -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1967:307 [ref. 20624]). •Synonym of Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Okada 1961:416 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846), but a valid subspecies microoculus Mori 1927 -- (Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:55 [ref. 6441], Okamura & Machida 1987:106 [ref. 22279], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:300 [ref. 25598], Watanabe 1998:263 [ref. 23491], Nakabo 2000:267 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:267 [ref. 26001]). Current status: Synonym of Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Gobionidae. Habitat: freshwater.