alepidotus, Nemacheilus Mirza [M. R.] & Bănărescu [P. M.] in Mirza, Bănărescu & Nalbant 1970:55, Fig. 10 [Biologia (Lahore) v. 16 (no. 1); ref. 7761] Madyan River, Swat drainage, Pakistan. Holotype: IBTS 1356. Paratypes: Banarescu priv. coll. (orig. 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 4); BMNH 1977.7.5.2 (1); IBTS 1944 (1), 1233 (1); Mirza priv. coll. (1); ZMA 114463-64 (1, 1). Genus is correctly Nemacheilus. •Valid as Nemacheilus alepidotus Mirza & Bănărescu 1970 -- (Coad 1981:13 [ref. 22348] as Noemacheilus). •Synonym of Nemacheilus pakistanicus Mirza & Bănărescu 1969 -- (Menon 1987:44 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:493 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Schistura alepidota (Mirza & Bănărescu 1970) -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:441 [ref. 23187], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Mirza 2003:14 [ref. 27265]). •Valid as Paraschistura alepidota (Mirza & Bănărescu 1970) -- (Prokofiev 2009:892 [ref. 30604], Kottelat 2012:101 [ref. 32367], Çiçek et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Paraschistura alepidota (Mirza & Bănărescu 1970). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: South Asia: eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Habitat: freshwater.