Scaphesthes Oshima [M.] 1919:208 Fem. Scaphesthes tamusuiensis Oshima 1919. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Scaphestes in Zoological Record for 1919. •Synonym of Varicorhinus Rüppell 1835, but a valid subgenus Scaphesthes -- (Wu et al. 1977:298 [ref. 4807], Chu & Cui in Chu & Chen 1989:213 [ref. 13584], Chen et al. in Pan et al. 1991:157 [ref. 23876]). •Synonym of Onychostoma Günther 1896, but a valid subgenus Scaphesthes -- (Bănărescu 1971 [ref. 20619]). •Synonym of Onychostoma Günther 1896 -- (Chen 1989:119 [ref. 14144], Bănărescu 1997:26 [ref. 23274] as Scaphestes, Shan et al. in Yue et al. 2000:126 [ref. 25272], Kottelat 2013:128 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Scaphesthes Oshima 1919 -- (Ho & Shao 2011:25 [ref. 31432], Yang et al. 2015:99 [ref. 34694] in Cyprinidae, tribe Acrossocheilini, Zhang et al. 2016:91 [ref. 34477], Hoàng et al. 2025:14 [ref. 41866]). Current status: Valid as Scaphesthes Oshima 1919. Cyprinidae: Acrossocheilinae.