Typová lokalita
Yuanjiang River, Yuanjiang County, Yunnan Province, China.
Původní popis
Zhang, E., He, S.-P. & Chen, Y.-Y. 2002. Revision of the cyprinid genus Placocheilus Wu, 1977 in China, with description of a new species from Yunnan. Hydrobiologia No. 487: 207-217.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.