cumingii, Barbus Günther [A.] 1868:155 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Sri Lanka. Syntypes: (at least 11) BMNH 1852.2.19.135-137 (3). 1852.2.19.138-139 (4), 1859.5.31.44-45 (2); ZMB 4834 (2), 6303 (1). Based on Puntius phutunio of Bleeker 1864: 12, Pl. 4 (fig. 4) (not of Hamilton) and specimens. •Valid as Puntius cumingii (Günther 1868) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:100 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:267 [ref. 20764], Vishwanath & Laisram 2004:135 [ref. 27863] as cumingi, Kullander & Fang 2005:297 [ref. 28193], Silva et al. 2008:62 [ref. 29719], Kullander & Britz 2008:61 [ref. 29861], Meegaskumbura et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29872], Knight et al. 2012:2414 [ref. 31841]). •Valid as Pethia cumingii (Günther 1868) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32071], Katwate et al. 2014:244 [ref. 33433], Katwate et al. 2014:213 [ref. 33571], Batuwita et al. 2015:580 [ref. 33714], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805]). Current status: Valid as Pethia cumingii (Günther 1868). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.