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Spinibarbichthys Oshima 1926 “closely allied” to Spinibarbus; ichthýs (Gr. ἰχθύς), fish

Spinibarbichthys denticulatus Oshima 1926 Latin for having small teeth (denticulate), allusion not explained, possibly referring to its serrate dorsal spine

Spinibarbichthys maensis (Nguyen, Duong & Tran 2007) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ma River, Camthuy district, Thanh Province, Vietnam, type locality

Spinibarbichthys nguyenhuuduci (Nguyen, Do, Nguyen & Nguyen 2015) in honor of Nguyen Huu Duc, Hanoi National University of Education, who co-described Spinibarbus brevicephalus and S. vittatus in 1997

Spinibarbichthys nigripinnis (Nguyen, Do, Nguyen & Nguyen 2015) nigri, from niger (L.), black; pinnis, scientific Neo-Latin adjective of pinna (L.), fin, i.e., finned, referring to its characteristic dark or black fins

Spinibarbichthys nigriventralis (Nguyen & Vu 2012) nigri, from niger (L.), black; ventralis (L.), of the belly (ventral), referring to black tip on light-pink ventral fins

Spinibarbichthys ovalius (Nguyen & Ngo 2001) presumably an alternative spelling of ovalis (L.), oval, allusion not explained, probably referring to its “high and short” (translation) body, which appears oval in the figured specimen

Spinibarbichthys yunnanensis (Tsü 1977) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Yunnan Province, China, where it is endemic

Spinibarbus Oshima 1919 spinis, from spinus (L.), thorn, referring to forward-pointing “recumbent” spine in front of dorsal fin of S. hollandi; barbus (L.), beard, but probably used here as a standard suffix for a barbeled cyprinid (e.g., Barbus)

Spinibarbus babeensis Nguyen 2001 -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Ba Bê Lake, Bác Kan, Vietnam, type locality

Spinibarbus brevicephalus Nguyen & Nguyen 1997 short-headed, from brevis (L.), short, and kephalḗ (Gr. κεφαλή), head, referring to its shorter head length compared with S. hollandi and S. vittatus

Spinibarbus caldwelli (Nichols 1925) in honor of Harry R. Caldwell (1876–1971), American hunter, naturalist and Methodist missionary to China, who collected holotype

Spinibarbus hoenoti Nguyen, Do, Nguyen & Nguyen 2015 in honor of Ho Enot, a member of the Van Kieu (Bru) ethnic group and leader of Cu Pua commune of Dakrong commune, Dakrong district, Quang Tri province, Vietnam, who collected fishes for the Highland Aquatic Resources Conservation and Sustainable Development project

Spinibarbus hollandi Oshima 1919 in honor of Jamaican-born American zoologist-paleontologist William J. Holland (1848–1932), Director of the Carnegie Museum, in whose journal Oshima’s paper was published

Spinibarbus polylepis Chu 1989 polý (Gr. πολύ), many; lepίs (Gr. λεπίς), scale, referring to more scales on lateral line and predorsal space than Spinibarbichthys denticulatus, its presumed congener at the time

Spinibarbus sinensis (Bleeker 1871) -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Sinica (China), where it is endemic to the Yangtze River

Spinibarbus vittatus Nguyen & Nguyen 1997 Latin for banded, referring to black lateral band from behind gill cover to caudal fin