Niño is part of the ENSO asymmetry or a distinct mode?*" (Cai, 2015a) should be ended. The super-strong El Niño event in 1997/98 is a typical EP type. The weak events in 1994/95, 2002/03, 2004/05 and 2006/07 belong to CP type. As for the moderate event in 2009/10 and the strong event in 2015/16, they are best seen as mixed type ones. By the way, in case the time span for is extended to 1950–2016, then the strong events in 1957/58, 1965/66, 1972/73 and 1986/87, and the super-strong event in 1982/83 are also included. By and large, their positive anomalies, which originated in the EP, were significant. This is why the EP El Niño was considered to be the conventional type. But, strictly speaking, only the event in 1982/83 (mainly dominated by an anomaly in the cold-tongue region, similar to that in 1997/98) belongs to the EP type, while the other four are best to be seen as mixed-type events since their anomalies in the CP or mid-east regions were also significant. As for La Niña events, the strong ones in 1998/2000, 2007/08, 2010/11 belong to the CP type, the weak one in 1995/96 belongs to the EP type, and 