brevidorsalis, Semiplotus Day [F.] 1873:239 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 4 Mar. 1873); ref. 18824] Rivers below Neilgherry Hills, Western Ghats, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7808 (1, syntype) Madras; NMW 51642-45 (1, 1, 1); RMNH 8706 [?=2632] (1); ZMB 11043 (1), 21843 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:295 [ref. 25110]. •Valid as Osteochilus brevidorsalis (Day 1873) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:245 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Cyprinion brevidorsalis (Day 1873) -- (Menon 1999:118 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Kantaka brevidorsalis (Day 1873) -- (Karnasuta 1993:88 [ref. 20700]). •Valid as Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis (Day 1873) -- (Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:152 [ref. 24759], Bleher 2018:642 [ref. 36647], Plamoottil 2022:981 [ref. 39362], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022:1319 [ref. 39453]). Current status: Valid as Kantaka brevidorsalis (Day 1873). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: hill streams of Palakkad Mountain Ranges and rivers below the Nigri Hills, Western Ghats, southern India. Habitat: freshwater.