pertica, Schistura Kottelat [M.] 2000:67, Fig. 50 [Journal of South Asian Natural History v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 25040] Nam Ou at confluence with Houay Nam, 3 kilometers east southeast of Muang Khoa, 21°04'10.4"N, 102°31'43.8"E, Phongsali, Laos. Holotype: ZRC 45364. Paratypes: CMK 14166 (40), LARRI uncat. (8), NRM 44914 (8), ZRC 45365 (8). •Valid as Schistura pertica Kottelat 2000 -- (Kottelat 2001:113 [ref. 25780], Kottelat 2012:115 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:210 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:134 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9568 [ref. 39347]). Current status: Valid as Schistura pertica Kottelat 2000. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: SoutheastAsia Mekong River system (Laos and China). Habitat: freshwater.