tambraparniei, Puntius arulius Silas [E. G.] 1954:34, Figs. 2-4 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 51 (pt 1); ref. 4025] Stream 7 miles from Kalladaikurichi, Tambraparni watershed, Tinnevelly District, Madras State, India. Holotype: ZSI F735/2. Paratypes: ZSI 735/2 (12). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:115 [ref. 20743]. •Synonym of Puntius arulius (Jerdon 1849) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:259 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Puntius arulius (Jerdon 1849), subspecies arulius -- (Menon 1999:87 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Puntius tambraparniei Silas 1954 -- (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005:138 [ref. 28274], Rema Devi et al. 2010:1121 [ref. 30982], Knight et al. 2011:1690 [ref. 31267]). •Valid as Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Silas 1954) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:80 [ref. 32071], Bleher 2018:426 [ref. 36647], Katwate et al. 2020:231 [ref. 37497], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Katwate et al. 2020:726 [ref. 37975], Sudasinghe et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38706]). Current status: Valid as Dawkinsia tambraparniei (Silas 1954). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Tambraparni River basin (southern India). Habitat: freshwater.