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Species in the genus Notopterus: [ 8 ] records

badgee, Mystus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:165 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Mola Mola River at Poona [Poma] and Beema River at Seedataik, Deccan, India. No types known. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:62 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:376, Pl. 67 (fig. 2) [ref. 18868]. •Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Roberts 1992:364 [ref. 20012], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Current status: Synonym of Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

bontianus, Notopterus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1848:147, Pl. 613 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 21; ref. 1013] Irrawaddy River, Myanmar; Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3613 to 0000-3615 (3) Irrawaddi, 0000-3616 (1) Java. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:273 [ref. 293]. Type information: Roberts 1993:14 [ref. 21799]. •Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Roberts 1992:364 [ref. 20012], Roberts 1993:14-15 [ref. 21799], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

imberbis, Glanis Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:135 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] East Indies. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

kapirat, Notopterus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:189, 190 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. No types known. Unnecessary replacement name for Gymnotus notopterus Pallas 1769. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:402 (v. 5) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:64 [ref. 20764], Roberts 1992:363 [ref. 20012], Menon 1999:9 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:262 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989], Fuke et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38221]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

notopterus, Gymnotus Pallas [P. S.] (ex Bontius & Renard) 1769:40, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Spicilegia Zoologica v. 1 (fasc. 7); ref. 20848] Ambon (Maluku, Indonesia) [erroneous, should be Java (Indonesia)]. No types known. Original spelling of name GYMNOTVS notoptervs (historical typeset, equals Gymnotus notopterus). •Valid as Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Mai 1978:15 [ref. 13511], Shrestha 1978:34 [ref. 15970], Ataur Rahman 1989:238 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:64 [ref. 20764], Roberts 1992:363 [ref. 20012], Singh & Yazdani 1993:198 [ref. 24022], Kottelat et al. 1993:4 [ref. 23448], Sen 1995:497 [ref. 23778], Zhu 1995:17 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:56 [ref. 22772], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Vu & Nguyen 1997:26 [ref. 26438], Kottelat 1998:21 [ref. 23436], Ng & Tan 1999:352 [ref. 24159], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:148 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:165 [ref. 24760], Sen 1999:191 [ref. 24750], Rema Devi et al. 1999:152 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:9 [ref. 24904], Freyhof et al. 2000:94 [ref. 25184], Rafique 2000:323 [ref. 25220], Mirza 2000:355 [ref. 25207], Karmakar 2000:26 [ref. 25662], Kottelat 2001:13 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2001:26 [ref. 25780], Chen 2002:287 [ref. 26587], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Mirza 2003:2 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:6 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:262 [ref. 31338], Shrestha 2008:51 [ref. 29923], Ahmed et al. 2013:285 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:40 [ref. 33971], Suresh et al. 2018:51 [ref. 36495], Bleher 2018:68 [ref. 36647], Ng et al. 2019:519 [ref. 36606], Lavoué et al. 2020:451 [ref. 37625], Fuke et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38221], Taki et al. 2021:42 [ref. 39830], Hasan et al. 2022:6035 [ref. 39888], Kosygin et al. 2022:649 [ref. 40736], Shangningam & Kosygin 2022:59 [ref. 39587], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484], Ahmad et al. 2023:30 [ref. 41243], Wibowo et al. 2023:4 [ref. 40746], Chen et al. 2024:13 [ref. 41792], Das & Sivaperuman 2025:196 [ref. 42184], Kasim et at. 2025:7 [ref. 42537], Singh et al. 2025:14 [ref. 42527]). Current status: Valid as Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaya (Malaysia), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. IUCN (2020), part: Least Concern. South Asian populations from Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh now classified as Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Invasive in Andaman Islands (India). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

osmani, Notopterus Rahimullah [P. K.] & Das [A. G.] in Talwar & Jhingran 1991:64 [Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries v. 1-2; ref. 20764] Not available, name published in the synonymy of Notopterus notopterus. Reference is made to description in Rahimullah & Das 1936 [ref. 19749], but no new name is proposed therein. •Treated as a synonym of Notopterus notopterus with Rahimullah & Das as authors -- (Menon 1999:9 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Notopteridae: Notopterinae.

pallasii, Notopterus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1848:130 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 21; ref. 1013] Indonesia: Ambon. No types known. Type catalog: Bertin 1940:272-273 [ref. 293]. Type information: Daget 1984:511 [ref. 23265]. Unnecessary replacement name for notopterus. •Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Roberts 1992:364 [ref. 20012], Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

synura, Clupea Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:426 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Coast of Malabar, India and "China". Syntypes: ZMB 8806 (1, right skin) Malabar, 32057 (1, right skin) Malabar. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:106 [ref. 24282]. Name probably based on syn- (together) and [o]ura (tail), to be treated as an adjective. Composite species; name based in part on Gymnotus notopterus Pallas 1769 from Indonesia, in part on Tinca marina of Bontius in Piso 1658 [ref. 30353], and on syntype material from Tranquebar, India; restricted to Indian populations by Lavoué et al. 2020:451 [ref. 37625]. •Synonym of Notopterus notopterus (Pallas 1769) -- (Roberts 1992:364 [ref. 20012], Chen 2002:288 [ref. 26587] as synyira, Kottelat 2013:32 [ref. 32989]). •Valid as Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Lavoué et al. 2020:451 [ref. 37625]). Current status: Valid as Notopterus synurus (Bloch & Schneider 1801). Notopteridae: Notopterinae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.