| Common name | Ping kei chau |
| Language | Cantonese |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Man, S.H. and I.J. Hodgkiss, 1981 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Ping kei', i.e., refers to the flattened fins of this fish; 'chau', i.e., collective term for cobitids, homalepterids and gastromyzonids. Applies to Homaloptera hoffmanni. |