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Species in the genus Osteochilichthys: [ 7 ] records


augraoides, Gobio Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:307 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Cauvery River and its tributaries, Karnataka, southern India. •Valid as Labeo augraoides (Jerdon 1849) -- (Plamoottil & Vineeth 2020:1042 [ref. 39364]). •Possibly a senior synonym of Osteochilichthys nashii (Day 1868) -- (Plamoottil 2022:988 [ref. 39362]). •Valid as Osteochilichthys augraoides (Jerdon 1849) -- (Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022:1319 [ref. 39453]). Current status: Valid as Osteochilichthys augraoides (Jerdon 1849). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: Bhavani River basin, Karnataka, India. Habitat: freshwater.

elegans, Osteochilichthys Plamoottil [M.] 2022:976, Figs. 1-6 [Bioscience Research v. 19 (no. 2); ref. 39362] Stream at Mannarkkad, Palakkad District, Kerala, India. Holotype: ERS/ZSI 5420. Paratypes: ZSI/ANRC M-27755 (5). •Valid as Osteochilichthys elegans Plamoottil 2022 -- (Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022:1313 [ref. 39453]). Current status: Valid as Osteochilichthys elegans Plamoottil 2022. Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: Mannarkkad, Palakkad District, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

formosus, Osteochilichthys Plamoottil [M.] & Vineeth [K.] 2022:1312, Figs. 1-2 [Bioscience Research v. 19 (no. 3); ref. 39453] Water stream at Chullikkara, Kazargod district, Kerala, India. Holotype: ERS/ZSI 5482. Paratypes: ERS/ZSI 5483 (2), SRS/ZSI F9490 (3). •Valid as Osteochilichthys formosus Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022. Current status: Valid as Osteochilichthys formosus Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022. Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: water bodies in Kannur and Kazargod, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

longidorsalis, Osteochilichthys Pethiyagoda [R.] & Kottelat [M.] 1994:99, Figs. 2-5 [Journal of South Asian Natural History v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 21421] Chalakudy River, 26 kilometers upstream of Chalakudy town, near Vettilappara, Kerala, India. Holotype: ZRC 34503. Paratypes: AMS I.34196-001 (2); CMK 8755 (5), 8768 (37), 9299 (3), 9317 (10); ZRC 34504 (3); ZSI-SRS uncat. (3). •Valid as Osteochilus longidorsalis (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994) -- (Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172]). •Valid as Osteochilichthys longidorsalis Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994 -- (Aijthkumar et al. 1999:248 [ref. 24211], Menon 1999:117 [ref. 24904], Bleher 2018:644 [ref. 36647], Plamoottil 2022:979 [ref. 39362], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022:1319 [ref. 39453]). Current status: Valid as Osteochilichthys longidorsalis Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994. Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: Chalakkudy River drainage, Trichur District, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.

malabaricus, Osteochilus Day [F.] 1873:527 [The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 11; ref. 17368] Vithry in Wynaad, Kerala, India. Syntypes (3) and/or Day specimens: BMNH 1889.2.1.579-583 (5). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762]. •Nomen dubium -- (Karnasuta 1993:83 [ref. 20700], Plamoottil 2022:981 [ref. 39362]). •Synonym of Osteochilus nashii (Day 1868) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:247 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Cyprinion nashii (Day 1869) -- (Menon 1999:117 [ref. 24904]). •Tentatively a synonym of Osteochilichthys nashii (Day 1869) -- (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994:104 [ref. 21421]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Uncertain as Osteochilichthys nashii (Day 1869). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Habitat: freshwater.

nashii, Barbus Day [F.] 1869:584 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (pt 3) (art. 5); ref. 21115] Fraserpett River, at base of Coorg Hills, Coorg District, Karnataka, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7693 (1, non-type), BMNH 1889.2.1.385-386 (2), NMW 51657 (1), RMNH 8705 [?=2690] (1) Wynaad. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:156 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:300 [ref. 25110]. •Valid as Osteochilus nashii (Day 1869) -- (Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359]). •Valid as Osteochilus (Osteochilichthys) nashii (Day 1869) -- (Patil et al 2009:53 [ref. 38380]). •Valid as Osteochilichthys nashii (Day 1869) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:247 [ref. 20764], Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994:104 [ref. 21421], Menon 1999:117 [ref. 24904], Bleher 2018:646 [ref. 36647], Plamoottil 2022:979 [ref. 39362]). Current status: Valid as Osteochilichthys nashii (Day 1869). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: Western Ghats, Kerala and Karnataka, southwestern India. Habitat: freshwater.

thomassi, Scaphiodon Day [F.] 1877:551, Pl. 134 (fig. 1) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] South Canara [now southwestern Karnataka], India. Syntypes: AMS B.7825 (1) Canara, ?NHW 54773 (1), ZSI 2192 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:156 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:303 [ref. 25110]. Named after H. E. Thomas of the Indian Fisheries, so correct name would be thomasi [ICZN Art. 32.5.1], but Day named three species after him, always as thomassi, so spelling probably intended. •Synonym of Cyprinion nashii (Day 1869) -- (Menon 1999:118 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Osteochilus thomassi (Day 1877) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:248 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Osteochilichthys thomassi (Day 1877) -- (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994:104 [ref. 21421], Aijthkumar et al. 1999:248 [ref. 24211], Bleher 2018:643 [ref. 36647], Plamoottil 2022:981 [ref. 39362], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022:1320 [ref. 39453]). Current status: Valid as Osteochilichthys thomassi (Day 1877). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: Cauvery River drainage, southern India. Habitat: freshwater.


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