macrocephalus, Schistura Kottelat [M.] 2000:65, Fig. 45 [Journal of South Asian Natural History v. 5 (no. 1); ref. 25040] Nam Youan at ford south of Ban Muang Mon, 21°19'28"N, 101°10'19"E, Louangnamtha Province, Laos. Holotype: ZRC 45355. Paratypes: CMK 14339 (11), LARRI uncat. (3), NRM 33217 (12), ZRC 45356 (3). •Valid as Schistura macrocephalus Kottelat 2000 -- (Kottelat 2001:111 [ref. 25780], Endruweit 2011:573 [ref. 31621], Kottelat 2012:112 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:208 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:133 [ref. 34477], Endruweit et al. 2016:599 [ref. 34743], Fu et al. 2021:9568 [ref. 39347], Kottelat 2023:529 [ref. 40452]). Current status: Valid as Schistura macrocephalus Kottelat 2000. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong River system (China and Laos). Habitat: freshwater.