Puntius (subgenus of Cyprinus) Hamilton [F.] 1822:310, 388 Masc. Cyprinus sophore Hamilton 1822. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1863:27 [ref. 4859], 1863:263 [ref. 403] or 1863:199 [ref. 397]. •Valid as Puntius Hamilton 1822 -- (Karaman 1971:189 [ref. 2560], Jayaram 1981:97 [ref. 6497], Roberts 1989:60 [ref. 6439], Kottelat 1989:10 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:125 [ref. 24860], Chen et al. in Pan et al. 1991:136 [ref. 23876], Doi 1997:24 [ref. 22832], Shan et al. in Yue et al. 2000:6 [ref. 25272], Kottelat 2000:86 [ref. 25486], Ataur Rahman 2003:146 [ref. 31338], Vishwanath & Laisram 2004:130 [ref. 27862], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:50 [ref. 28183], Kullander & Fang 2005:290 [ref. 28193], Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005:127 [ref. 28274], Shantakumar & Vishwanath 2006:2279 [ref. 28676], Allen et al. 2006:346 [ref. 29004], Linthoingambi & Vishwanath 2007:45 [ref. 29122], Mercy & Jacob 2007:78 [ref. 29454], Kullander 2008:59 [ref. 29716], Silva et al. 2008:55 [ref. 29719], Meegaskumbura et al. 2008:143 [ref. 29872], Rema Devi et al. 2010:1121 [ref. 30982], Knight et al. 2011:1686 [ref. 31267], Kottelat & Tan 2011:209 [ref. 31694], Krishna Kumar et al. 2012:31 [ref. 31807], Knight et al. 2012:2409 [ref. 31841], Tan 2012:285 [ref. 32058], Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:69, 73 [ref. 32071], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:1094 [ref. 33150], Kottelat 2013:146 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil 2014:1581 [ref. 33648], Plamoottil 2014:135 [ref. 33650], Yang et al. 2015:99 [ref. 33694] in Cyprininae, tribe Smiliogastrini, Plamoottil 2015:226 [ref. 33886], Zhang et al. 2016:97 [ref. 34477], Plamoottil 2016:1 [ref. 34781], Plamoottil 2019:713 [ref. 37157], Plamoottil 2020:560 [ref. 37534], Plamoottil & Johnson 2020:93 [ref. 37958], Ren et al. 2020:[1] [ref. 37805], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2020:93 [ref. 38032], Sudasinghe et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40281]). Current status: Valid as Puntius Hamilton 1822. Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae.