macracanthus, Hemibarbus Lu [Y.-L.], Luo [P.-Q.] & Chen [Y.-Y.] 1977:448, Fig. 9-3 [The cyprinid fishes of China v. 2; ref. 2850] Guangxi, China. Syntypes: IJHB 58-7-705 (1) Guiping, 58-7-760 to 761 (2) Pai-se, 58-7-999 (1) Lungzhou, 011 (1). Authorship also seen as Lo, Yao & Chen. •Valid as Hemibarbus macracanthus Lu, Luo & Chen 1977 -- (Zheng et al. 1989:122 [ref. 21202], Jin in Pan et al. 1991:189 [ref. 23876], Zhu 1995:74 [ref. 25213], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:37 [ref. 22798], Yue in Chen et al. 1998:245 [ref. 23878], Kottelat 2001:27 [ref. 25482], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:44 [ref. 26178], Kottelat 2013:110 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:73 [ref. 34477] with first author as Lo and second author as Yao). Current status: Valid as Hemibarbus macracanthus Lu, Luo & Chen 1977. Gobionidae. Distribution: China. Habitat: freshwater.