curta, Cobitis Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:223, Pl. 103 (figs. 4-4a) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Near Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2708. Type catalog: Boeseman 1947:167 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Hymenophysa curta (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Kuroda 1953:277 [ref. 39545], Okada 1961:551 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Leptobotia curta (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:58 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:381 [ref. 25598], Zhu 1995:125 [ref. 25213], Watanabe 1998:263 [ref. 23491], Nakabo 2000:272 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:170 [ref. 26000], Nakabo 2002:272 [ref. 26001], Kottelat 2004:15 [ref. 27360], Li et al. 2008:632 [ref. 29976]). •Valid as Parabotia curtus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846) -- (Nalbant 2002:316 [ref. 27361] as curta, Nalbant 2004:271 [ref. 28547] as curta, Watanabe et al. 2009:421 [ref. 30549] as curta, Kottelat 2012:18 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Valid as Parabotia curtus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846). Botiidae: Leptobotiinae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan. Habitat: freshwater.