malabaricus, Spratelloides Day [F.] 1873:240 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 4 Mar. 1873); ref. 18824] Sea, ascending rivers in Malabar, India. Lectotype: ZSI 2246. Paralectotypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8288 (1, paralectotype); BMNH 1889.2.1.2048 (1); FMNH 2379 (1); NMW 4558 (1); RMNH 2726 (1), 8585 (1); ZIN 8220 (1), ZMB 10413 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:154 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. Lectotype selected by Talwar & Whitehead 1971:63 [ref. 4320]. •Valid as Dayella malabarica (Day 1873) -- (Whitehead 1985:173 [ref. 5141], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:114 [ref. 20764], Indra 1994:408 [ref. 24015], Rema Devi et al. 1996:130 [ref. 24021], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Bleher 2018:86 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Dayella malabarica (Day 1873). Ehiravidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean, southwestern India. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.