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Species in the genus Erethistes: [ 16 ] records


asperus, Pimelodus McClelland [J.] 1843:404, Pl. 24 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] Hooghly River, south of Ranaghat, India. Neotype: UMMZ 244697. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155]. Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat 2005:19 [ref. 28207]. •Valid as Laguvia asperus (McClelland 1843) -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:671 [ref. 20764], Arunkumar 2000:197 [ref. 25658], Ng & Kottelat 2005:14 [ref. 28207], Jayaram 2006:293 [ref. 28762]). •Synonym of Hara hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ng & Kottelat 2005:18 [ref. 28207], Ng & Kottelat 2007:472 [ref. 29351], Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:466 [ref. 30480]). •Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:15 [ref. 28859]). Current status: Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: China and Myanmar [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.

buchanani, Hara Blyth [E.] 1860:152 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Hoogly River, south of Ranaghat. Neotype: UMMZ 244697. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155]. Unneeded replacement name for Pimelodus hara Hamilton 1822, apparently to avoid "Strickland tautonymy." Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat 2005:20 [ref. 28207] for Pimelodus hara Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Hara hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:258 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:466 [ref. 30480]). •Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.

filamentosa, Hara Blyth [E.] 1860:152 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Megathat Chaung system, Myanmar. Neotype: MHNG 2687.038. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155]. Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat 2007:472, 474 [ref. 29351]. Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155] lists 6 syntypes as ZSI 585. •Synonym of Hara hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:667 [ref. 20764], Burgess & Finley 1996:165 [ref. 22901], Menon 1999:258 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:287 [ref. 28762]). •Valid as Hara filamentosa Blyth 1860 -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Vishwanath & Kosygin 2000:143 [ref. 25659], Ng & Kottelat 2007:472, 502 [ref. 29351], Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32989], Mahapatra & Kar 2015:34 [ref. 33777]). •Valid as Erethistes filamentosus (Blyth 1860) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:15 [ref. 28859]). Current status: Valid as Erethistes filamentosus (Blyth 1860). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Ataran, Salween and Sittang River drainages: Myanmar and Thailand. Habitat: freshwater.

hara, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:190, 378 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Hooghly River south of Ranaghat, India. Neotype: UMMZ 244697. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155]. See Ng & Kottelat 2005:20 [ref. 28207] for original type locality. Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat 2005:20 [ref. 28207]; the specimen designated is the same as the one designated for asperus, making asperus and objective synonym of hora. Information on type locality (Nathpur, India) see Britz 2019:42 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 106 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Hara hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:227 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:667 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:575 [ref. 23778], Menon 1999:258 [ref. 24904], Vishwanath & Kosygin 2000:143 [ref. 25659], Karmakar 2000:34 [ref. 25662], Ataur Rahman 2003:250 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:287 [ref. 28762], Ng & Kottelat 2007:477 [ref. 29351], Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:184 [ref. 29923], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32989], Mahapatra & Kar 2015:34 [ref. 33777]). •Valid as Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:15 [ref. 28859]). Current status: Valid as Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Ganges and Brahmaputra: India and Bangladesh (? Nepal and Myanmar). Habitat: freshwater.

horai, Hara Misra [K. S.] 1976:245, Pl. 9 (figs. 1-3) [Teleostomi: Cypriniformes; Siluri; ref. 3027] Terai and Duars, West Bengal. Lectotype: ZSI FF955 [ex ZSI F11390/1]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:396 [ref. 29155]. Neotype designated by Tilak & Talwar 1976 [ref. 21520] but syntypes were available so that designation is invalid. Ng & Kottelat 2007:480, 504 [ref. 29351] designated the same specimen as the lectotype. •Valid as Hara horai Misra 1976 -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:668 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:258 [ref. 24904], Vishwanath & Kosygin 2000:143 [ref. 25659], Karmakar 2000:34 [ref. 25662], Jayaram 2006:289 [ref. 28762], Ng & Kottelat 2007:484 [ref. 29351], Ferraris 2007:396 [ref. 29155], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Mahapatra & Kar 2015:34 [ref. 33777]). •Valid as Erethistes horai (Misra 1976) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:16 [ref. 28859]). Current status: Valid as Erethistes horai (Misra 1976). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Brahmaputra River drainage, northeastern India. Habitat: freshwater.

jerdoni, Hara Day [F.] 1870:39, Pl. 4 (figs. 2a-c) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 39 (pt 2, no. 1); ref. 17371] Sylhet District, Bangladesh. Syntypes: (2) ZSI 431 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris 2007:396 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hara jerdoni Day 1870 -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:226 [ref. 24860] dated to 1878 as Erethistes jerdoni, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:669 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:259 [ref. 24904], Vishwanath & Kosygin 2000:143 [ref. 25659], Karmakar 2000:34 [ref. 25662], Jayaram 2006:290 [ref. 28762], Ng & Kottelat 2007:484 [ref. 29351], Ferraris 2007:396 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:185 [ref. 29923], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Mahapatra & Kar 2015:33 [ref. 33777]). •Valid as Erethistes jerdoni (Day 1870) -- (Ataur Rahman 2003:249 [ref. 31338], Thomson & Page 2006:17 [ref. 28859]). Current status: Valid as Erethistes jerdoni (Day 1870). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages, India and Bangladesh; Nepal. Habitat: freshwater.

koladynensis, Hara Anganthoibi [N.] & Vishwanath [W.] 2009:466, Fig. 1 [Journal of Threatened Taxa v. 1 (no. 9); ref. 30480] Koladyne River at Kolchaw, 22°23'N, 92°57'E, Lawntlai District, Mizoram, northeastern India. Holotype: MUMF 10001. Paratypes: MUMF 10002 (5). •Valid as Hara koladynensis Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009 -- (Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Erethistes koladynensis (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009). Current status: Valid as Erethistes koladynensis (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Koladyne River, northeastern India. Habitat: freshwater.

longissima, Hara Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 2007:486, Fig. 6 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 114 (no. 3); ref. 29351] Hillstreams about 2 hours by foot on road frrom Mogaung to Kamaing, Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar. Holotype: UMMZ 245902. Paratypes: UMMZ 245945 (10). Specific name is an adjective. •Valid as Hara longissima Ng & Kottelat 2007 -- (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32989], Mahapatra & Kar 2015:34 [ref. 33777], Chen et al. 2024:118 [ref. 41792]). •Valid as Erethistes longissimus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Current status: Valid as Erethistes longissimus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Irrawaddy River basin, northern Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

maesotensis, Erethistes Kottelat [M.] 1983:71, Fig. 1 [Hydrobiologia v. 107; ref. 5289] Mae Nam Moei, 5 kilometers west of Mae Sot, 16°41'N, 98°31'E, Thailand. Holotype: MHNG 2096.63. Paratypes: MHNG 2150.05 (1). Type catalog: Weber 1998:9 [ref. 32707], Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Erethistes maesotensis Kottelat 1983 -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:627 [ref. 20764], Jayaram 2006:281 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:17 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Hara filamentosa Blyth 1860 -- (Ng & Kottelat 2007:472 [ref. 29351]). •Synonym of Erethistes filamentosus (Blyth 1860). Current status: Synonym of Erethistes filamentosus (Blyth 1860). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.

mesembrina, Hara Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 2007:489, Fig. 7 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 114 (no. 3); ref. 29351] Hillstreams flowing from Langkatuek, Klong Naka, Baan Na District, Ranong Province, Thailand. Holotype: UMMZ 245903. Paratypes: CMK 12204 (3); UMMZ 245602 (9), 245693 (6). Specific name is an adjective. •Valid as Hara mesembrina Ng & Kottelat 2007 -- (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32989], Mahapatra & Kar 2015:34 [ref. 33777]). •Valid as Erethistes mesembrinus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Current status: Valid as Erethistes mesembrinus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Tenasserim Range, Thailand. Habitat: freshwater.

minuscula, Hara Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 2007:492, Fig. 8 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 114 (no. 3); ref. 29351] 1.6 kilometers north of Daik-U, Dayame Chaung, Bago, Myanmar. Holotype: CAS 223734. Paratypes: CAS 61339 (45), NRM 39883 (23), UMMZ 245671 (1), ZRC 43576 (8). Type catalog: Ng & Kim 2008:61 [ref. 29920]. Specific name is an adjective. •Valid as Hara minuscula Ng & Kottelat 2007 -- (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32989], Mahapatra & Kar 2015:34 [ref. 33777]). •Valid as Erethistes minusculus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Current status: Valid as Erethistes minusculus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Sittang River drainage, Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

nareshi, Hara Mahapatra [H. K.] & Kar [S.] 2015:31, Figs. 1-3 [Records of the Zoological Survey of India v. 115 (Pt. 1); ref. 33777] Katakhal and Barak River, Haolakandi [Hailakandi] District, Assam, India. Holotype: ZSI FF/3966. Paratypes: ZSI FF. Also spelled as Erethistes nareshi on p. 31 and in figure caption. First revisor established as Hara nareshi, R. Fricke, July 2015. •Valid as Erethistes nareshi (Mahapatra & Kar 2015). Current status: Valid as Erethistes nareshi (Mahapatra & Kar 2015). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Assam, India. Habitat: freshwater.

pusillus, Erethistes Müller [J.] & Troschel [F. H.] 1849:12, Pl. 1 (fig. 2) [Horae Ichthyologicae No. 3; ref. 3073] Assam, India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 3102. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Erethistes pusillus Müller & Troschel 1849 -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:224 [ref. 24860] as pussilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:628 [ref. 20764] as pussilus, Menon 1999:256 [ref. 24904] as pussilus, Karmakar 2000:33 [ref. 25662] as pussilus, Ataur Rahman 2003:245 [ref. 31338] as pussilus, Jayaram 2006:282 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:17 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:170 [ref. 29923] as pussilus, Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:222 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Erethistes pusillus Müller & Troschel 1849. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Nepal, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater.

saharsai, Hara Datta Munshi [J. S.] & Srivastava [M. P.] 1988:265, Fig. 5 [Natural history of fishes and systematics of freshwater fishes of India.; ref. 17654] Kosi Belt, northern Bihar, India. Syntypes: Bhagalpur Univ., Dept. Zool. Mus. 67 (13). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:396 [ref. 29155]. Also appeared as new in Srivastava & Datta Munshi in Srivastava 1989:121, Fig. 1 [ref. 21742]. •Synonym of Hara hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:667 [ref. 20764], Burgess & Finley 1996:165 [ref. 22901], Jayaram 2006:288 [ref. 28762], Ng & Kottelat 2007:479 [ref. 29351], Angantoibi & Vishwanath 2009:466 [ref. 30480]). •Valid as Hora saharsai Datta Munshi & Srivastava 1988 -- (Ferraris 2007:396 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:15 [ref. 28859]). Current status: Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Northern Bihar, India. Habitat: freshwater.

serratus, Hara Vishwanath [W.] & Kosygin [L.] 2000:143, Figs. 2-5 [Indian Journal of Fisheries v. 47 (no. 2); ref. 25659] Jiri River at Jiribam, Manipur, India. Holotype: MUMF 2508. Paratypes: MUMF 2507 (1), 2509 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:386 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hara serratus Vishwanath & Kosygin 2000 -- (Jayaram 2006:291 [ref. 28762]). •Valid as Hara serrata Vishwanath & Kosygin 2000 -- (Ferraris 2007:396 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Erethistes serratus (Vishwanath & Kosygin 2000) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:17 [ref. 28859]). •Synonym of Hara hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ng & Kottelat 2007:479 [ref. 29351], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:466 [ref. 30480]). •Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Current status: Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Brahmaputra drainage, India [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.

spinulus, Hara Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 2007:496, Fig. 9 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 114 (no. 3); ref. 29351] Baw Di Chaung at Baw Di bridge, 32 kilometers from Gwa on road to Ngathaingchaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Holotype: NRM 52556. Paratypes: NRM 40750 (3), UMMZ 246173 (1). The specific name is a noun in apposition. •Valid as Hara spinulus Ng & Kottelat 2007 -- (Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:469 [ref. 30480], Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32989], Mahaptra & Kar 2015:34 [ref. 33777]). •Valid as Erethistes spinulus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Current status: Valid as Erethistes spinulus (Ng & Kottelat 2007). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Baw Di Chaung drainage, southwestern Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.


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