polystigmus, Oreonectes Du [L.-N.], Chen [X.-Y.] & Yang [J.-X.] 2008:30, Fig. 7 [Zootaxa No. 1729; ref. 29544] Dabu Village, Guilin City, Guangxi Region, China. Holotype: KIZ 2001060507. Paratypes: KIZ 2001060502-06 (5). Type catalog: Du et al. 2013:351 [ref. 32939]. •Valid as Oreonectes polystigmus Du, Chen & Yang 2008 -- (Huang et al. 2009:445 [ref. 30323], Yang et al. 2011:211 [ref. 31282], Tang et al. 2012:489 [ref. 31595], Kottelat 2012:347 [ref. 32232], Kottelat 2012:94 [ref. 32367], Lan et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32910], Zhang et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34477], Deng et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34511], Deng et al. 2016:59 [ref. 34936], Huang et al. 2019:118 [ref. 37137], Yu et al. 2023:94 [ref. 40492], Luo et al. 2024:294 [ref. 40971]). Current status: Valid as Oreonectes polystigmus Du, Chen & Yang 2008. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: cave systems in Guangxi Province, China. Habitat: freshwater.