Semotilus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1820:239 Masc. Semotilus dorsalis Rafinesque 1820. Type by subsequent designation. Also in Rafinesque 1820:49 (Dec.) [ref. 3592]. Bleeker 1863:211 [ref. 397] and 1863:32 [ref. 4859] wrongly designated L. pulchellus Girard [not an included species] as type under genus but designated S. dorsalis under the subgenus Semotilus; Bleeker 1863:264 [ref. 403] designated dorsalis as type. •Valid as Semotilus Rafinesque 1820 -- (Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:306 [ref. 21581], Simons & Mayden 1997:187 [ref. 24948], Gilbert 1998:19 [ref. 23395]). Current status: Valid as Semotilus Rafinesque 1820. Leuciscidae: Plagopterinae.