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Aaptosyax Rainboth 1991 áaptos (Gr. ἄαπτος), not to be touched, invincible; sýax (Gr. σύαξ) or sū́ax (σῦαξ), an undetermined kind of fish, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to its large size (up to one meter) and “especially voracious” piscivorous behavior
Aaptosyax grypus Rainboth 1991 from grypós (Gr. γρυπός), curved or hook-nosed, referring to its strongly curved jaws
Albulichthys Bleeker 1859 Albula, referring to how the “peculiar profile” (translation) of A. albuloides reminded Bleeker of the bonefish (Albulidae) Albula bananus (=glossodonta); ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish
Albulichthys albuloides (Bleeker 1855) –oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: referring to how its “peculiar profile” (translation) reminded Bleeker of the bonefish (Albulidae) Albula bananus (=glossodonta)
Amblyrhynchichthys Bleeker 1859 amblýs (Gr. ἀμβλύς), blunt or obtuse, rhýnchos (Gr. ῥύγχος), snout, referring to obliquely truncated snout of A. truncatus; ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish
Amblyrhynchichthys micracanthus Ng & Kottelat 2004 micro-, from mikrós (Gr. μικρός), small; acanthus, from ákantha (Gr. ἄκανθα), thorn, referring to smaller dorsal spine compared with A. truncatus
Amblyrhynchichthys truncatus (Bleeker 1850) Latin for truncate, referring to its obliquely truncated snout
Balantiocheilos Bleeker 1859 balántion (Gr. βαλάντιον), bag or pouch; cheī́los (Gr. χεῖλος), lip, referring to posterior margin of lower lip of B. melanopterus, which forms a pouch or pocket that opens posteriorly between lip and skin of throat
Balantiocheilos ambusticauda Ng & Kottelat 2007 ambustus, Latin for burned around or scorched; cauda (L.), tail, referring to black edge of caudal fin
Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker 1850) black-finned, from mélanos (Gr. μέλανος), genitive of mélas (μέλας), black, and pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), wing or fin, referring to black along distal margins of dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic fins
Barbonymus Kottelat 1999 Barbus, generic name earlier applied to these fishes; anonymus (L.), from anṓnymos (Gr. ἀνώνυμος), without name, representing a group of southeast Asian fishes that had gone without a proper generic name until now
Barbonymus altus (Günther 1868) Latin for high, presumably referring to its elevated body
Barbonymus balleroides (Valenciennes 1842) –oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: resembling a “small bream” (translation), presumably the Old World Ballerus ballerus (Leuciscidae)
Barbonymus belinka (Bleeker 1860) local vernacular for this species in Sumatra, Indonesia
Barbonymus collingwoodii (Günther 1868) in honor of English surgeon-naturalist Cuthbert Collingwood (1826–1908), who presented holotype to the British Museum (Natural History)
Barbonymus gonionotus (Bleeker 1849) gōnía (Gr. γωνία), corner or angle; nṓtos (Gr. νῶτος), back, referring to its arched dorsal profile
Barbonymus mahakkamensis (Ahl 1922) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Mahakam River, eastern Kalimantan Province, eastern Borneo, type locality
Barbonymus platysoma (Bleeker 1855) platýs (Gr. πλατύς), flat; sṓma (Gr. σῶμα), body, referring to its strongly compressed body
Barbonymus schwanefeldii (Bleeker 1854) in honor of Dutch military surgeon H. W. Schwanefeld, who collected holotype [originally spelled schwanenfeldii, regarded as a correctable misprint]
Barbonymus strigatus (Boulenger 1894) Latin for furrowed or grooved, probably referring to seven dark stripes along body, which appear to form a furrow between rows of scales
Barbonymus sunieri (Weber & de Beaufort 1916) in honor of Dutch biologist Armand Louis Jean Sunier (1886–1974), “head of the Station for Fishery Investigation at Batavia [now Jakarta, Indonesia], who was kind enough to forward the collection to us and gave us valuable information about its content”
Carassioides Oshima 1926 –oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: presumed to be the “nearest relative” of Carassius
Carassioides acuminatus (Richardson 1846) Latin for sharpened or pointed, presumably referring to its “elevated back, shaped in profile like the roof of a house, with the summit at the commencement of the dorsal”
Carassioides phongnhaensis Nguyen & Ho 2003 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, type locality and what the authors describe as a “genesis center” of the tribe Cyprinini [species inquirenda, provisionally included here]
Carassius Jarocki 1822 tautonymous with Cyprinus carassius Linnaeus 1758, from the French carassin, Golden or Crucian Carp
Carassius auratus (Linnaeus 1758) Latin for gilded, referring to its golden color
Carassius auratus burgeri Temminck & Schlegel 1846 patronym not identified but clearly in honor of German physicist-biologist Heinrich Bürger (ca. 1806–1858), who collected many of the Japanese specimens described by Temminck and Schlegel
Carassius auratus grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel 1846 grandis (L.), large; oculis, artificially derived from oculus (L.), eye, referring to larger eyes compared to C. a. burgeri and C. cuvieri
Carassius auratus indigentiaus Yang 2011 etymology not explained, presumably an incorrect Latinization of indikós (Gr. ἰνδικός), the color indigo, referring to color of dorsal fin, anal fin and back
Carassius carassius (Linnaeus 1758) Latinization of the French carassin, Golden or Crucian Carp
Carassius cuvieri Temminck & Schlegel 1846 patronym not identified but clearly in honor of French zoologist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), whose work on fishes culminated with his contributions to Histoire naturelle des poissons (1828–1831)
Carassius gibelio (Bloch 1782) from giebel, German name for Crucian Carp
Carassius langsdorfii Temminck & Schlegel 1846 patronym not identified but probably in honor of Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff (1774–1852), Prussian naturalist and diplomat in Japan, who collected and/or supplied holotype
Carassius praecipuus Kottelat 2017 Latin for extraordinary, or that “which is not common” (per Kottelat), referring to the unexpected presence of a Carassius in the Mekong drainage and its very low dorsal-fin ray, lateral-line scale and gill-raker counts
Cosmochilus Sauvage 1878 cosmos, from kósmos (Gr. κόσμος), ornament; chilus, from cheī́los (Gr. χεῖλος), lip, referring to thick, fringed lips of C. harmandi, entirely covered by large papillae
Cosmochilus cardinalis Chu & Roberts 1985 zoological Neo-Latin for red (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock), referring to its bright-red fins
Cosmochilus falcifer Regan 1906 falcis, genitive of falx (L.), sickle or scythe; -fer, from fero (L.), to have or bear, probably referring to enlarged and serrate dorsal-fin ray
Cosmochilus harmandi Sauvage 1878 in honor of French Navy surgeon, naturalist and explorer François-Jules Harmand (1845–1921), who collected holotype
Cyclocheilichthys Bleeker 1859 unneeded replacement name (now a nomen protectum) for Cyclocheilos Bleeker 1859, which Bleeker may have thought was preoccupied: cyclo-, from kýklos (Gr. κύκλος), ring or circle; cheī́los (Gr. χεῖλος), lip, allusion not explained, possibly referring to continuous lips forming round, sucker-like shape when open; ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish
Cyclocheilichthys apogon (Valenciennes 1842) ἀ-, Greek privative i.e., without; pṓgōn (Gr. πώγων), beard, referring to absence of barbels
Cyclocheilichthys armatus (Valenciennes 1842) Latin for armed with a weapon, referring to its strongly serrated osseus dorsal-fin spine
Cyclocheilichthys heteronema (Bleeker 1854) héteros (Gr. ἕτερος), different; nḗma (Gr. νῆμα), thread, referring to how barbels are divided into long fringes, different from all other species of Barbus (then a catch-all genus from many cyprinids) known at the time
Cyclocheilichthys janthochir (Bleeker 1854) jantho-, from ianthinus (L.), violet (color), with the classical Latin “i” replaced by the Neo-Latin “j”; cheí̄r (Gr. χείρ), hand, homologous to the pectoral fin, referring to its violet pectoral fins
Cyclocheilichthys lagleri Sontirat 1985 in honor of American ichthyologist and fisheries biologist Karl F. Lagler (1912–1985), University of Michigan (USA), for his “intensive” collection of Thai fishes and his work advancing Thai ichthyology
Cyclocheilichthys repasson (Bleeker 1853) local name for this species in Lampong Province, Sumatra (type locality)
Cyclocheilichthys schoppeae Cervancia & Kottelat 2007 in honor of German zoologist Sabine Schoppe, for her “lasting help and support to the studies and research of the first author”
Cyclocheilichthys sinensis Bleeker 1879 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sinica (China), where it is endemic
Cyclocheilos Bleeker 1859 cyclo-, from kýklos (Gr. κύκλος), ring or circle; cheī́los (Gr. χεῖλος), lip, allusion not explained, possibly referring to continuous lips forming round, sucker-like shape when open
Cyclocheilos enoplos (Bleeker 1849) énoplos (Gr. ἔνοπλος), armed with a weapon, referring to its strong and serrated osseus dorsal-fin spine
Cyclocheilos furcatus Sontirat 1985 Latin for forked, referring to bifurcated (and multifurcated) lateral-line tubes in half-grown and adult specimens (a character it shares with C. enoplos)
Cyprinus Linnaeus 1758 Latinization of kyprín̄os (Gr. κυπρῖνος), for carp, possibly derived from Kypris, also known as Venus (or Aphrodite), goddess of love, referring to fecundity of C. carpio, or from kýpros (Gr. κύπρος), henna-like, referring to bronze color of C. carpio
Subgenus Cyprinus
Cyprinus acutidorsalis Chen & Huang 1977 acutus (L.), sharp or pointed; dorsalis (Neo-Latin), dorsal, referring to triangular shape of anterior part of dorsal fin [spelling of Huang sometimes given as Hwang]
Cyprinus barbatus Chen & Huang 1977 Latin for bearded, proposed as a subspecies of C. pellegrini with minute barbels (vs. absence of barbels) [spelling of Huang sometimes given as Hwang]
Cyprinus bajiangensis Li 2019 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Bajiang, Lunnan (now Shilin) County, Yunnan, China, type locality
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758 derived from the Latin carpa, carp, probably originally from an unknown Slavic language (Danube region) used by Germanic tribes and then the Romans
Cyprinus chilia Wu, Yang, Yue & Huang 1963 –ia (L. suffix), belonging to: Qilu Lake, Tonghai County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality (chilu is the approximate phonetic spelling of Qilu)
Cyprinus dai (Nguyen & Doan 1969) of River Song Da (Da River), between Lai Chau and Hoa Binh, Vietnam, type locality
Cyprinus daliensis Chen & Hwang 1977 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Dali Erhai Lake, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Cyprinus exophthalmus Mai 1978 ex- (Gr. ἐξ) or éxō (ἔξω), outer or external; ophthalmós (Gr. ὀφθαλμός), eye, presumably referring to its large eyes, larger than those of C. multitaeniatus
Cyprinus hieni Nguyen & Ho 2003 patronym not identified, possibly in honor of Nguyen’s father Hiên (see Opsariichthys hieni, Xenocyprididae)
Cyprinus hyperdorsalis Nguyen 1991 hypér (Gr. ὑπέρ), beyond, over, above or very; dorsalis (Neo-Latin), dorsal, referring to its exceedingly high arched back
Cyprinus ilishaestomus Chen & Huang 1977 Ilisha, a genus of Longfin Herrings (Pristigasteridae); stomus, from stóma (Gr. στόμα), mouth, referring to Ilisha-like terminal mouth [spelling of Huang sometimes given as Hwang]
Cyprinus intha Annandale 1918 named for Intha, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living around Inlé Lake (Myanmar), type locality
Cyprinus longipectoralis Chen & Huang 1977 longus (L.), long; pectoralis (L.), pectoral, referring to its long pectoral fins, which reach or extend beyond base of ventral fins [spelling of Huang sometimes given as Hwang]
Cyprinus megalophthalmus Wu, Yang, Yue & Huang 1963 big-eyed, from mégas (Gr. μέγας), big, and ophthalmós (Gr. ὀφθαλμός), eye, referring to eye diameter larger than mouth diameter
Cyprinus melanes Mai 1978 presumably a variant of mélanos (Gr. μέλανος), genitive of mélas (μέλας), black proposed as a blacker subspecies of Carassioides cantonensis (=acuminatus)
Cyprinus multitaeniatus Pellegrin & Chevey 1936 multi– (L.), many; taeniatus, banded, referring to ~8 dark, parallel, longitudinal lines on body
Cyprinus pellegrini Tchang 1933 in honor of French zoologist Jacques Pellegrin (1873–1944), “assistant professor,” Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) [and author of several Chinese cyprinids]
Cyprinus qionghaiensis Liu 1981 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Qionghai Lake, Xichang Xian, Sichuan Province, China, type locality
Cyprinus quidatensis Nguyen, Le, Le & Nguyen 1999 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Qui Dat, Minh Hoa, Quang Binh, Vietnam, type locality
Cyprinus rubrofuscus Lacepède 1803 rubro-, from ruber (L.), red; fuscus (L.), dusky or dark, referring to its golden-brown coloration
Cyprinus yunnanensis Tchang 1933 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yunnan Province, China, where it is endemic
Subgenus Mesocyprinus Fang 1936 mésos (Gr. μέσος), middle, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to Fang’s belief that pharyngeal bone and teeth structure of C. micristius indicated a “more advanced stage of evolution,” thereby representing an intermediate or middle form between Cyprinus and other cyprinids
Cyprinus fuxianensis Yang et al. 1977 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Fuxian Lake, Yunnan Province, China, type locality [original description gives authorship as “Yang et al.” with no explanation of who the other authors might be]
Cyprinus longzhouensis Yang & Huang 1977 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Lungzhou, Guangxi, China, type locality [spelling of Huang sometimes given as Hwang]
Cyprinus micristius Regan 1906 micro-, from mikrós (Gr. μικρός), small; istius, presumably from histion (Gr. ἱστίον), sail (i.e., dorsal fin), referring to smaller number of dorsal-fin rays compared with C. carpio
Cyprinus yilongensis Yang et al. 1977 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yi-lung (Yulong) Lake, Shiping, Yunnan Province, China, where this species (now extinct) was endemic [original description gives authorship as “Yang et al.” with no explanation of who the other authors might be]
Discherodontus Rainboth 1989 dischero, from dieírō (Gr. διεἴρω), to fasten or string together in rows; odontus, from odontos, Latinized and grammatically adjusted from the Greek nominative ὀδούς (odoús), tooth, referring to two rows of pharyngeal teeth
Discherodontus ashmeadi (Fowler 1937) in honor of Charles C. Ashmead, an early local contributor to the fish collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (where Fowler worked)
Discherodontus colemani (Fowler 1937) in honor of physician Henry Waldburg Coleman (1847–1907), an early contributor to the fish collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (where Fowler worked)
Discherodontus halei (Duncker 1904) in honor of Abraham Hale, Museum Committee chair, Selangor State Museum (Malaysia), for “sympathetic kindness” when Duncker took over the museum’s “small, ill-kept collection of stuffed fishes” (translations)
Discherodontus parvus (Wu & Lin 1977) Latin for little, presumably referring to its mall size, 50-52 mm SL
Discherodontus schroederi (Smith 1945) in honor of American ichthyologist William C. Schroeder (1895–1977), associate curator of fishes, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, for making available a collection of Thai fishes from 1937
Discherodontus somphongsi (Benl & Klausewitz 1962) in honor of Somphong Lekaree (d. 1971), Somphongs Aquarium Company (Bangkok, Thailand), who collected the first specimens and provided the authors with living and preserved material
Eirmotus Schultz 1959 –otus (L. suffix), provided with: eirmós (Gr. εἱρμός), series or sequence, referring to “series of sensory pores on the head” of E. octozona
Eirmotus furvus Tan & Kottelat 2008 Latin for dark black or dusky, referring to its overall dusky appearance
Eirmotus insignis Tan & Kottelat 2008 Latin for distinguished by marks, referring to unique (for the genus) black marks on dorsal fin
Eirmotus isthmus Tan & Kottelat 2008 isthmós (Gr. ἰσθμός), a neck of land between two seas, referring to narrow black bars on body
Eirmotus octozona Schultz 1959 oktṓ (Gr. ὀκτώ), eight; zona (L.), belt or girdle, referring to eight blackish bars on head and body
Hypsibarbus Rainboth 1996 hypsēlós (Gr. ὑψηλός), high, presumably referring to steep, angled back of all species; Barbus, then a catch-all genus for many cyprinids with maxillary barbels
Hypsibarbus annamensis (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Annam, a French protectorate encompassing central region of present-day Vietnam, type locality
Hypsibarbus birtwistlei (Herre 1940) in honor of William Birtwistle (1890–1953), Director, Fisheries Department, Singapore, who “greatly” aided Herre’s study of Malayan fishes
Hypsibarbus huguenini (Bleeker 1853) in honor of Otto Frederik Ulrich Jacobus Huguenin (1827–1871), mining engineer in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), who collected holotype
Hypsibarbus lagleri Rainboth 1996 in honor of American ichthyologist and fisheries biologist Karl F. Lagler (1912–1985), University of Michigan (USA), who directed and organized the Mekong Basinwide Fishery Studies, during which many of the specimens used in Rainboth’s study of the genus were collected
Hypsibarbus macrosquamatus (Mai 1978) macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; squamatus (L.), scaled, presumably referring to large number of lateral line scales (30–33)
Hypsibarbus malcolmi (Smith 1945) in honor of English physician and herpetologist Malcolm Smith (1875–1958), British Museum (Natural History), for his efforts to promote knowledge of Thai zoology, especially of fishes and reptiles
Hypsibarbus myitkyinae (Prashad & Mukerji 1929) of Myitkyina District, Upper Myanmar, type locality
Hypsibarbus oatesii (Boulenger 1893) in honor of civil servant (in India and Burma) and amateur ornithologist Eugene William Oates (1845–1911), who collected holotype
Hypsibarbus pierrei (Sauvage 1880) in honor of “Pierre” (no other information given), who collected holotype; probably French botanist Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905), first director of Saigon Botanic Garden, who made many collections in tropical Asia
Hypsibarbus salweenensis Rainboth 1996 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Salween River, Maehongsorn, Thailand, type locality
Hypsibarbus suvattii Rainboth 1996 in honor of Chote Suvatti (1905–?), “well-known” natural historian and former dean of the Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetart University, Bangkok (birth year sometimes given as 1904 per the Chinese calendar)
Hypsibarbus vernayi (Norman 1925) in honor of English-born American Arthur S. Vernay (1877–1960), big game hunter, explorer, and American Museum of Natural History trustee, who helped collect holotype
Hypsibarbus wetmorei (Smith 1931) in honor of American ornithologist Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978), assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in charge of the United States National Museum
Kalimantania Bănărescu 1980 –ia (L. suffix), belonging to: Kalimantan (previously Borneo), referring to the island where K. lawak is endemic
Kalimantania lawak (Bleeker 1855) from Ikan Lawak (also Ikan Lulawak), local Malay name for this species (ikan = fish)
Laocypris Kottelat 2000 Laos, country where genus is endemic; cypris, a common suffix for small cyprinoid genera, derived from Cyprinus (Common Carp)
Laocypris hispida Kottelat 2000 Latin for bristly or spiky, presumably referring to conspicuous tubercles on lower jaw, snout, cheeks, top of head, scales on lower half of body behind pelvic-fin origin and base of anterior anal-fin ray
Luciocyprinus Vaillant 1904 lucius (L.), pike (Esocidae), i.e., a pike-shaped Cyprinus, or carp
Luciocyprinus langsoni Vaillant 1904 of Lang-Son, Upper Tonkin, northern Vietnam, type locality
Luciocyprinus striolatus Cui & Chu 1986 stria (L.) line; latus (L.), side or flank, referring to 5–8 longitudinal black lines on upper sides of body
Mystacoleucus Günther 1868 etymology not explained but may translate as “barbeled leuciscin” with the following explanation: mystax, moustache, referring to small pair of barbels on M. padagensis; leucus, referring to Leuciscina, the next group of cyprinids in Günther’s classification, which, unlike Mystaleucus and other genera of the Xenocypridina group, lack barbels
Mystacoleucus argenteus (Day 1888) Latin for silvery, referring to its “brilliant silvery” coloration
Mystacoleucus atridorsalis Fowler 1937 ater (L.), black; dorsalis, Neo-Latin for dorsal, referring to jet-black apex on dorsal fin
Mystacoleucus chilopterus Fowler 1935 cheí̄los (Gr. χεῖλος), lip, i.e., edge or rim; pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), wing or fin, referring to dark borders of caudal and dorsal fins
Mystacoleucus ectypus Kottelat 2000 from éktypos (Gr. ἔκτυπος), embossed, referring to small hump with procurrent spine
Mystacoleucus greenwayi Pellegrin & Fang 1940 in honor of American ornithologist John Greenway (1903–1989), member of 1939 French-American expedition to Laos that collected holotype
Mystacoleucus lepturus Huang 1979 thin-tailed, fromleptós (Gr. λεπτός), thin, and urus, from ourá (Gr. οὐρά), tail, presumably referring to its thinner caudal peduncle (14 scales around) compared with M. padangensis (18 scales around)
Mystacoleucus obtusirostris (Valenciennes 1842) obtusus (L.), blunt; rostris, Neo-Latin scientific adjective of rostrum (L.), snout, referring to its truncated snout (“museau tronqué”)
Mystacoleucus padangensis (Bleeker 1852) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Padang, Indonesia, type locality
Neobarynotus Bănărescu 1980 néos (Gr. νέος),new, i.e., a new genus split from Barynotus Günther 1868 (=Labeobarbus, Torinae)
Neobarynotus microlepis (Bleeker 1851) micro-, from mikrós (Gr. μικρός), small; lepίs (Gr. λεπίς), scale, referring to numerous (and therefore smaller) scales, 55 in longitudinal series and 16 in vertical series
Parasikukia Doi 2000 pará (Gr. παρά), near, similar to Sikukia, both genera having deep bodies and adipose eyelids
Parasikukia maculata Doi 2000 Latin for spotted, referring to small, distinct, dark, saddle-shaped spot anterior to dorsal fin origin
Paraspinibarbus Chu & Kottelat 1989 pará (Gr. παρά), near, similar to Spinibarbus (Spinibarbinae, which also have a spine in front of dorsal fin), original genus of P. macracanthus
Paraspinibarbus macracanthus (Pellegrin & Chevey 1936) macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; acanthus, from ákantha (Gr. ἄκανθα), thorn, referring to strong spine partly concealed under skin in front of dorsal fin
Parator Wu, Yang, Yue & Huang 1963 pará (Gr. παρά), near, similar to Tor (Torinae)
Parator zonatus (Lin 1935) Latin for banded, referring to five vertical bands on sides
Poropuntius Smith 1931 póros (Gr. πόρος), pore, referring to rows of large pores on median part of snout, a feature not shared by the otherwise similar Puntius (Smiliogastrinae)
Poropuntius alloiopleurus (Vaillant 1893) állos (Gr. ἄλλος), other; pleurus, from pleurá (Gr. πλευρά), side, presumably referring to simple lateral line pores compared with the bifid pores of the otherwise similar Barbus (now Cyclocheilichthys) enoplos
Poropuntius aluoiensis (Nguyen 1997) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: A Luoi district, Thua Thien, Hue, Vietnam, type locality
Poropuntius angustus Kottelat 2000 Latin for narrow, presumably referring to its horizontal dorsal profile and/or shallow body depth
Poropuntius baolacensis (Nguyen 2001) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Bao Lac County, Cao Bàng Province, Vietnam, where it is endemic
Poropuntius bantamensis (Rendahl 1920) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ban Tam, eastern foothills of Doi Chieng Dao, northwestern Thailand, type locality
Poropuntius bolovenensis Roberts 1998 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Bolovens Plateau, Sekong watershed, southern Laos, type locality
Poropuntius brevispinus (Nguyen & Doan 1969) brevis (L.), short; spinus, from spina (L.), thorn, referring to its spinous dorsal-fin rays shorter than its branched rays [species inquirenda, provisionally included here]
Poropuntius burtoni (Mukerji 1933) in honor of Lt.-Col. Richard W. Burton (1868–1963), Madras Regiment of the Indian Army, explorer, big-game hunter and conservationist, who collected holotype
Poropuntius carinatus (Wu & Lin 1977) Latin for keeled, referring to its pre-dorsal keel, or carina
Poropuntius chonglingchungi (Tchang 1938) in honor of Chong Ling Chung, Fan Memorial Institute, who collected “some interesting fishes” from Yunnan, China (presumably including this one)
Poropuntius cogginii (Chaudhuri 1911) in honor of geologist John Coggin Brown (1884–1962), Geological Survey of India, who collected holotype
Poropuntius consternans Kottelat 2000 Latin for consternating (“to dismay, to scare, to disconcert,” per Kottelat), allusion not explained, perhaps referring to Kottelat’s difficulties in determining the taxonomic status of several “morphs” attributed to P. bolovenensis, and whether to make available infraspecific names for them proposed by another ichthyologist (Tyson R. Roberts)
Poropuntius deauratus (Valenciennes 1842) Latin for gilded, referring to golden highlights on entire body
Poropuntius exiguus (Wu & Lin 1977) Latin for paltry or inadequate, referring to its much smaller size as sexually mature adults compared with sympatric P. daliensis (=P. cogginii)
Poropuntius faucis (Smith 1945) Latin for throat or pharynx (correct spelling is fauces), allusion not explained nor evident, perhaps referring to small, oblique mouth, with lower jaw shorter than upper jaw
Poropuntius fuxianhuensis (Wang, Zhuang & Gao 1982) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Lake Fuxianhu, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Poropuntius genyognathus Roberts 1998 génys (Gr. γένυς), jaw, ax or ax-blade; gnáthos (Gr. γνάθος), jaw, referring to sharp cutting edge of lower horny jaw sheath
Poropuntius hampaloides (Vinciguerra 1890) –oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: referring to its resemblance to Barbus hampal (=Hampala macrolepidota)
Poropuntius hathe Roberts 1998 named for Hathe Rapids, one of the collecting sites in Moei River, Thailand
Poropuntius heterolepidotus Roberts 1998 héteros (Gr. ἕτερος), different; lepidōtós (Gr. λεπιδωτός), scaled or scaly, referring to abrupt change in scale size on body (posterior scales markedly smaller than anterior scales)
Poropuntius huangchuchieni (Tchang 1962) in honor of herpetologist Huang Chu-Chien, Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
Poropuntius kontumensis (Chevey 1934) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Lake Kontum, southern Vietnam, type locality
Poropuntius krempfi (Pellegrin & Chevey 1934) in honor of French marine biologist Armand Krempf (1879–?), who supplied the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) with many specimens from Indo-China (although apparently not the holotype of this one)
Poropuntius laoensis (Günther 1868) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Laos Mountains, Cochinchine (now southern Vietnam), type locality (type country may be in error as species appears to occur in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia, but not Vietnam)
Poropuntius margarianus (Anderson 1879) –anus (L.), belonging to: the “lamented” Augustus Raymond Margary (1846–1875), British diplomat and explorer, who “took a lively interest in the scientific objects of the [Yunnan] Expedition of 1875, but was ruthlessly murdered by the Chinese at Manwyne”
Poropuntius melanogrammus Roberts 1998 mélanos (Gr. μέλανος), genitive of mélas (μέλας), black; grammus, scientific Neo-Latin derived from grammḗ (Gr. γραμμή), line or stroke of the pen, referring to it bold midlateral stripe
Poropuntius normani Smith 1931 in honor of English ichthyologist J. R. (John Roxborough) Norman (1898–1944), “in charge of the collection of fishes in the British Museum”
Poropuntius opisthopterus (Wu 1977) back-finned, from ópisthen (Gr. ὄπισθεν), behind, and pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), wing or fin, referring to origin of dorsal fin behind ventral fin
Poropuntius rhomboides (Wu & Lin 1977) –oides, Latinized suffix adopted from eī́dos (Gr. εἶδος), form or shape: rhomboid, referring to tall body with curved dorsal and ventral surfaces, which give it a rhomboid-like shape
Poropuntius schanicus (Boulenger 1893) –icus (L.), belonging to: Southern Shan States, Indochina (in what is now Myanmar), type locality
Poropuntius shanensis (Hora & Mukerji 1934) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: southern Shan States, Myanmar, type locality
Poropuntius speleops (Roberts 1991) spéos (Gr. σπέος), cave, cavern or grotto, referring to its underground habitat; ṓps (Gr. ὦψ), eye, referring to nearly normal eyes on young up to 60 mm, which become vestigial as adults
Poropuntius susanae (Banister 1973) in honor of Banister’s wife, Susan
Poropuntius tawarensis (Weber & de Beaufort 1916) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Lake Laut Tawar, Sumatra, Indonesia, type locality
Poropuntius yalyensis (Nguyen 2001) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: etymology not explained, presumably from Yali Falls, located within Sesan River system (type locality), Kon Tum Province, Vietnam
Procypris Lin 1933 pro– (L.), before (per Lin), allusion not explained nor evident; cypris, referring, per Lin, to Cyprinus (Common Carp)
Procypris mera Lin 1933 Latin for pure (per Lin), allusion not explained nor evident
Procypris rabaudi (Tchang 1930) in honor of physician-zoologist Étienne Rabaud (1868–1956), l’Université de Paris
Pseudosinocyclocheilus Zhang & Zhao 2016 pseudo-, from pseúdēs (Gr. ψεύδης), false, i.e., although this genus may resemble Sinocyclocheilus (with its sole species previously placed in it), such an appearance is false
Pseudosinocyclocheilus jinxiensis (Zheng, Xiu & Yang 2013) –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Jinxi County, Guangxi Province, China, here type locality (Xiaolong Spring) is situated
Puntioplites Smith 1929 Puntius (Smiliogastrinae), original genus of P. proctozystron; hoplítēs (Gr. ὁπλίτης), heavily armed foot soldier, referring to ossified and serrated third anal-fin spine
Puntioplites bulu (Bleeker 1851) from Ikan Bulu-bulu (Ikan = fish), Malay vernacular for this species
Puntioplites falcifer Smith 1929 falcis, genitive of falx (L.), sickle or scythe; -fer, from fero (L.), to have or bear, referring to falciform anterior dorsal rays
Puntioplites proctozysron (Bleeker 1864) procto-, from prōktós (Gr. πρωκτός), anus; zysron, etymology not explained, possibly an inadvertent Dutch spelling (zys = xy) of xystron (Gr. ξῦστρον), meaning file, rasp or scraper, or a scythe (usually serrated) attached to chariots, either way referring to the fish’s serrated or saw-like third anal-fin spine; Bleeker used variants of the same word three additional times to convey a serrated morphological feature: the sawfish Pristis zijsron in 1851 (referring to serrated or saw-like rostrum), the nemipterid Nemipterus zysron in 1856 (distinguished by the “serrated posterior margin of the preopercle” [translation]), and the pomacentrid Neopomacentrus azysron in 1877 (referring to its lack of preopercular serrations) [often misspelled proctozystron]
Puntioplites waandersi (Bleeker 1859) in honor of Dutch amateur naturalist Jean Theodore van Bloemen Waanders (1820–1889), Captain of the Artillery, East Sumatra, who collected holotype
Rohteichthys Bleeker 1860 rohte, similar to Rohtee (Smiliogastrinae) but with a larger mouth and smaller anal fin; ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish
Rohteichthys microlepis (Bleeker 1850) micro-, from mikrós (Gr. μικρός), small; lepίs (Gr. λεπίς), scale, referring to its small scales, 60 in longitudinal series, 20 in transverse series
Sawbwa Annandale 1918 etymology not explained, possibly from Sawbwa (Saopha), royal title used by rulers of the Shan States of Myanmar, type locality of S. resplendens, alluding to what could be described as its regal coloration
Sawbwa resplendens Annandale 1918 Latin for resplendent, referring to brilliant coloration of breeding males, with “bright metallic steely blue” body and bright scarlet on chest, head, and caudal and anal fins
Scaphognathops Smith 1945 scapho-, from skaphís (Gr. σκαφίς), shovel or scoop; gnáthos (Gr. γνάθος), jaw; ṓps (Gr. ὦψ), face or appearance, referring to narrow, scoop-like lower jaw of S. stejnegeri with lip confined to sides
Scaphognathops bandanensis Boonyaratpalin & Srirungroj 1971 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ban Dan, Thailand, town at mouth of Mun River where it meets the Mekong, type locality
Scaphognathops stejnegeri (Smith 1931) in honor of Norwegian-born ornithologist-herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger (1851-1943), head curator of biology at the United States National Museum; Smith later (1945) wrote that he was “indebted” to Stejneger “for much valuable advice and counsel in matters connected with nomenclature”
Scaphognathops theunensis Kottelat 1998 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Nam Theun river, Laos, type locality
Sikukia Smith 1931 –ia (L. suffix), belonging to: Sikuk River, Thailand, type locality of S. stejnegeri
Sikukia flavicaudata Chu & Chen 1987 flavus (L.), yellow; caudata (L.), tailed, referring to yellow caudal fin
Sikukia gudgeri (Smith 1934) in honor of Eugene W. Gudger (1866–1956), American Museum of Natural History, “indefatigable student and bibliographer of fishes and prolific writer on the fishes of the world”
Sikukia longibarbata Li, Chen, Yang & Chen 1998 longus (L.), long; barbata (L.), bearded, referring to its long barbels, which extend just past the eye
Sikukia stejnegeri Smith 1931 in honor of Norwegian-born ornithologist-herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger (1851-1943), head curator of biology at the United States National Museum; Smith later (1945) wrote that he was “indebted” to Stejneger “for much valuable advice and counsel in matters connected with nomenclature”
Sinocyclocheilus Fang 1936 Sino-, Sinica (China), being a Chinese genus presumed to be closely related to Cyclocheilichthys (then known as Cyclocheilos)
Sinocyclocheilus altishoulderus (Li & Lan 1992) altus (L.), high; shoulderus, Latinization of the Anglo-Saxon shoulder, referring to its humpbacked body
Sinocyclocheilus aluensis Li, Xiao, Feng & Zhao 2005 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Alu cave, Luxi County, Yunnan, China, only known area of occurrence
Sinocyclocheilus anatirostris Lin & Luo 1986 anatinus (L.), of ducks; rostris, Neo-Latin scientific adjective of rostrum (L.), snout, referring to its duck-billed snout
Sinocyclocheilus angularis Zheng & Wang 1990 Latin for angled, referring to anterior angular process (the “horn”) on nape
Sinocyclocheilus angustiporus Zheng & Xie 1985 narrow-pored, from angustus (L.), narrow, annd porus, from póros (Gr. πόρος), hole or opening, referring to narrower gill opening compared with S. grahami
Sinocyclocheilus anophthalmus Chen, Chu, Luo & Wu 1988 non-eyed, from án- (Gr. ἄν-), without, and ophthalmós (Gr. ὀφθαλμός), eye, being a blind species, either eyeless or with small, vestigial eyes
Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis Gan, Wu, Wei & Yang 2013 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Anshui, a village in Lingyun County, Guangxi, China, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus aquihornes Li & Yang 2007 aquila (L.), eagle, referring to aquiline shape of head (i.e., triangular, like the beak of eagle; hornes, Latinization of the Anglo-Saxon horn, referring to horn-like bony protuberance on nape
Sinocyclocheilus bannaensis Li, Li & Chen 2019 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Xishuangbanna (often shortened to Banna) Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, where type locality (Luosuojiang, Nanban River drainage) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus biangularis Wang 1996 bi-, from bis (L.), twice; angularis (L.), angled, referring to forked angular process (horn) on back of head
Sinocyclocheilus bicornutus Wang & Liao 1997 bi-, from bis (L.), twice; cornutus (L.), horned, referring to forked horn on nape
Sinocyclocheilus brevibarbatus Zhao, Lan & Zhang 2009 brevis (L.), short; barbatus (L.), bearded, referring to short maxillary and rictal barbels (1.7–5.7% and 4.5–7.0% of SL, respectively)
Sinocyclocheilus brevifinus Li, Li & Mayden 2014 brevis (L.), short; finus, Latinization of the Anglo-Saxon fin, referring to its short fins
Sinocyclocheilus brevis Lan & Chen 1992 Latin for short, referring to short body length in relation to height
Sinocyclocheilus broadihornes Li & Mao 2007 Latinization of the Anglo-Saxon broad and horn, referring to wide, horn-like bony protuberance on nape
Sinocyclocheilus convexiforeheadus Li, Yang & Li 2017 Latinization of Anglo-Saxon convex and forehead, referring to convex bony protuberance on nape
Sinocyclocheilus cyphotergous (Dai 1988) cypho-, from kyphós (Gr. κυφός), bent forwards or hunchbacked; tergous, presumably from tergum (L.), back, referring to its humped back
Sinocyclocheilus donglanensis Zhao, Watanabe & Zhang 2006 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Donglan County, Guangxi Province, China, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus flexuosdorsalis Zhu & Zhu 2012 flexuosus (L.), full of bends; dorsalis (Neo-Latin), dorsal, referring to its curved dorsal profile, with horn-like bony protuberance that bends down toward parietal
Sinocyclocheilus furcodorsalis Chen, Yang & Lan 1997 furca (L.), fork; dorsalis (Neo-Latin), dorsal, referring to bifurcation on anterior part of horn-like bony protuberance on nape
Sinocyclocheilus gracilicaudatus Zhao & Zhang 2014 gracilis (L.), thin or slender; caudatus (L.), tailed, referring to narrow caudal peduncle and caudal fin
Sinocyclocheilus gracilis Li & Li 2014 Latin for thin or slender, referring to its elongate appearance
Sinocyclocheilus grahami (Regan 1904) in honor of British missionary John Graham (d. 1947), who collected many fishes in Yunnan, China, including holotype of this one
Sinocyclocheilus guanyangensis Chen, Peng & Zhang 2016 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Guanyang County, Guangxi, South China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus guilinensis Ji 1985 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: suburbs of Guilin City, Guangxi, China, type locality [name first appeared, and is sometimes incorrectly dated to, an unpublished 1892 government report]
Sinocyclocheilus guishanensis Li 2003 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Guishan, Shinlin County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus huangtianensis Zhu, Zhu & Lan 2011 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Huangtian Town (also spelled Huangyan and Huang Yao), Guangxi, China, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus huaningensis Li 1998 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Huaning County, Yunnan Province, China, where type locality (Dalongtan Pool in Panxi Town) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus huanjiangensis Wu, Gan & Li 2010 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Huanjiang County, Guangxi Province, China, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus hugeibarbus Li & Ran 2003 huge, Anglo-Saxon word meaning enormous; barbus, from barba (L.), beard, referring to long and thick barbels, with rictal barbel reaching beyond posterior edge of opercle
Sinocyclocheilus huizeensis Cheng, Pan, Chen, Li, Ma & Yang 2015 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Huize County, Yunnan Province, China, where type locality (Dalong Spring) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus hyalinus Chen & Yang 1993 hyálinos (Gr. ὑάλινος), of crystal (here meaning glassy or transparent), referring to its semi-transparency in life
Sinocyclocheilus jii Zhang & Dai 1992 in honor of ichthyologist Ji Cun-Shan, Fishery Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, who named the similar S. guilinensis in an unpublished governmental report in 1982 (name later made available in 1985)
Sinocyclocheilus jiuxuensis Li & Lan 2003 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Jiuxu cave, Hechi City, Guangxi Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus lateristriatus Li 1992 lateralis (L.), of the side; striatus (L.), striped, referring to black stripe along lateral line
Sinocyclocheilus lingyunensis Li, Xiao & Luo 2000 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Lingyun County, Guangxi Province, China, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus longibarbatus Wang & Chen 1989 longus (L.), long; barbatus (L.), bearded, referring to much longer barbels compared with S. grahami
Sinocyclocheilus longicornus Luo, Xu, Wu, Zhou & Zhou 2023 longus (L.), long; cornus, unnecessary genitive of cornu (L.), horn, referring to long horn-like structure on forehead
Sinocyclocheilus longifinus Li & Chen 1994 longus (L.), long; finus, Latinization of Anglo-Saxon fin, referring to its long pectoral fin, which reaches pelvic fin insertion [authorship sometimes given as Li 1996]
Sinocyclocheilus longshanensis Li & Wu 2018 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: karst cave near foot of Longshan Mountain, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus luolouensis Lan 2013 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Luolou Town, Lingyun County, Guangzi Province, China, where type locality (Youjiang River) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus luopingensis Li & Tao 2002 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Luoping County, Yunnan Province, China, where type locality (Ganlong Pool) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus macrocephalus Li 1985 big-headed, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large, and kephalḗ (Gr. κεφαλή), head, referring to its longer head compared with S. yangzongensis
Sinocyclocheilus macrolepis Wang & Chen 1989 macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; lepίs (Gr. λεπίς), scale, referring to its larger lateral line scales compared with S. malacopterus
Sinocyclocheilus macrophthalmus Zhang & Zhao 2001 big-eyed, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large, and ophthalmós (Gr. ὀφθαλμός), eye, referring to its larger eye diameter compared with S. macrolepis and S. macroscalus
Sinocyclocheilus macroscalus Shen et al. 2000 macro-, from makrós (Gr. μακρός), long or large; scalus, Latinization of Anglo-Saxon scale, referring to its large, oval scales [note: original description gives authorship as “Shen et al.” with no explanation of who the other authors might be]
Sinocyclocheilus maculatus Li 2000 Latin for spotted, referring to small, round spots on side, gray and black in life, brown in formalin
Sinocyclocheilus maitianheensis Li 1992 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Maitianhe River, Yiliang County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus malacopterus Chu & Cui 1985 soft-finned, from malakós (Gr. μαλακός), soft, and pterus, from pterón (Gr. πτερόν) or ptéryx (πτέρυξ), wing or fin, referring to soft, unbranched dorsal fin ray
Sinocyclocheilus mashanensis Wu, Liao & Li 2010 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Mashan County, Guangxi Province, China, where type locality (Guzhai cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus microphthalmus Li 1989 micro-, from mikrós (Gr. μικρός), small; ophthalmós (Gr. ὀφθαλμός), eye, referring to its dot-like, degenerate eyes
Sinocyclocheilus multipunctatus (Pellegrin 1931) multi– (L.), many; punctatus (L.), spotted, referring to small dark brown spots on sides above lateral line
Sinocyclocheilus oxycephalus Li 1985 oxýs (Gr. ὀξύς), sharp; cephalus, from kephalḗ (Gr. κεφαλή), head, referring to its “very sharp” snout
Sinocyclocheilus pingshanensis Li, Li, Lan & Wu 2018 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Pingshan Town, Luzhai County, Guangxi Province, China, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus punctatus Lan & Yang 2017 Latin for spotted, referring to small black spots on top of head, back, and sides above lateral line
Sinocyclocheilus purpureus Li 1985 Latin for purplish, referring to body color in life
Sinocyclocheilus qiubeiensis Li 2002 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Qiubei County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus qujingensis Li, Mao & Lu 2002 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Qujing City, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous Li & Tao 1994 named for the large, rhinoceros-like horn (bony protuberance) on its nape
Sinocyclocheilus robustus Chen & Zhao 1988 Latin for stout or full-bodied, referring to its wide, or “very thick” (translation), body
Sinocyclocheilus ronganensis Luo, Huang & Wen 2016 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province, China, where type locality (underground river near Mashan Village in Shazi Town) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus sanxiaensis Jiang, Li, Yang & Chang 2019 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sanxia, Chinese name for Three Gorges reservoir of Yangste River, Hubei Province, China, type locality (a cave fish washed out of its cave by the man-made lake)
Sinocyclocheilus simengensis Li, Wu, Li & Lan 2018 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Simeng Township, Donglan County, Guangxi Province, China, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Sinocyclocheilus tileihornes Mao, Lu & Li 2003 from the Anglo-Saxon tile and horn, referring to the top of its horn-like bony protuberance forked like a Chinese roof tile
Sinocyclocheilus tingi Fang 1936 in honor of the late Ding Wenjiang (1887–1936, Romanized as V. K. Ting), geologist and former Secretary-General of the Academia Sinica, who died while inspecting a coal mine, “for his zeal in promoting the development of geological, paleontological and marine biological sciences in China”
Sinocyclocheilus wenshanensis Yang, Li, Chen & Li 2017 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Wenshan County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus wui Li & Li 2013 in memory of the authors’ predecessor, Wu Hsien-Wen (1900–1985, also known as Xian-Wen Wu), National Research Institute of Biology, Academia Sinica, for his contributions to the development of ichthyology in China
Sinocyclocheilus wumengshanensis Li, Mao & Lu 2003 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Wumenghshan Mountains, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus xichouensis Pan, Li, Yang & Chen 2013 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Xichou County, Yunnan Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus xingyiensis Luo, Tang, Deng, Duan & Zhang 2024 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, China, where type locality (Mabiehe River, Nanpanjiang River drainage) is situated [proposed in 2023 but not made available until 2024]
Sinocyclocheilus xunlensis Lan, Zhao & Zhang 2004 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Xunle, Huanjiang County, Guangxi Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus yangzongensis Tsü & Chen 1977 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yangzonghai Lake (at exit of subterranean stream), Yunnan Province, China, only known area of occurrence
Sinocyclocheilus yaolanensis Zhou, Li & Hou 2009 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yaolan Village, Libo County, Guizhou Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus yimenensis Li, Xiao, Feng & Zhao 2005 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yimen County, Yunnan Province, China, only known area of occurrence
Sinocyclocheilus yishanensis Li & Lan 1992 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yishan (now called Yizhou) County, Guangxi Province, China, type locality
Sinocyclocheilus zhenfengensis Liu, Deng, Ma, Xiao & Zhou 2018 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Zhenfeng County, Guizhou Province, China, where type locality (underground river in a karst cave) is situated
Troglocyclocheilus Kottelat & Bréhier 1999 trṓglē (Gr. τρώγλη), hole, referring to its cave habitat; Cyclocheilus (correctly spelled Cyclocheilos, erroneously considered preoccupied and replaced by Cyclochelichthys), a “supposedly related” genus
Troglocyclocheilus khammouanensis Kottelat & Bréhier 1999 –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Khammouan limestone formation, Laos, where type locality (a cave) is situated
Typhlobarbus Chu & Chen 1982 typhlós (Gr. τυφλός), blind, being a blind, subterranean Barbus-like cyprinid
Typhlobarbus nudiventris Chu & Chen 1982 nudus (L.), bare or naked; ventris, genitive of venter (L.), belly, referring to its scaleless thorax and abdomenU