malacanthus, Schizopygopsis Herzenstein [S. M.] 1891:201, Pl. 23 (fig. 1) [Zoologischer Theil, St. Petersburg v. 3 (abt. 2)(3); ref. 4917] Upper part of Chang Jiang [Yangtze River], Dy tschu, China, elevation 13000 feet; Djao tschin, China, elevation 12700 feet. Syntypes: ZIN 7352 (2, not present in 1996), 7356 (1). •Valid as Schizopygopsis malacanthus Herzenstein 1891 -- (Tsao 1964:188 [ref. 13501], Wu & Wu 1992:475 [ref. 21205], Ye & Fu in Ding 1994:398 [ref. 21531], Zhang et al. 1995:116 [ref. 22734], Zhu 1995:94 [ref. 25213], Chen & Huang in Chen 1998:238 [ref. 23556], Chen & Cao et al. in Yue 2000:373 [ref. 25272], Zhang et al. 2016:120 [ref. 34477], subspecies malacanthus, Tang et al. 2019:10 [ref. 36511], Zhang et al. 2019:337 [ref. 36699], Guo 2021:447 [ref. 38617]). Current status: Valid as Schizopygopsis malacanthus Herzenstein 1891. Cyprinidae: Schizopygopsinae. Distribution: Upper Yangtze River basin, China. Habitat: freshwater.