Records from the Mekong are now attributed to two separate species, S, yunnanensis and S. formosanus[5] which may be synonyms of Syncrossus lucasbahi.

[6] Syncrossus beauforti occurs in the demersal zone of small and medium-sized rivers and it is habitually associated with streams which clear and fast flowing with a stony or rocky substrate,[1] with large amounts of wood debris and leaf litter.

[5] It may enter flooded forest during the high-water periods during the monsoon and returns to the rivers during November and December.

It is an aquarium fish but it has not been known to have been bred in captivity so all of the individuals traded are assumed to have been caught in the wild.

[1] It is also threatened by pollution and by the damming of the rivers it occurs in which may prevent the fish from migrating to its spawning areas during the periods of flooding, as well as increasing sedimentation and causing habitat degradation.