nigrofasciatus, Barbus Günther [A.] 1868:155 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Southern Sri Lanka. Syntypes: (at least 12) BMNH 1854.5.31.49, 1854.5.31.53, 1858.10.19.99-101, 1864.7.11.29-31; ZMB 4835 (1), 6304 (2). •Valid as Puntius nigrofasciatus (Günther 1868) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:109 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:276 [ref. 20764], Kullander & Fang 2005:297 [ref. 28193], Silva et al. 2008:62 [ref. 29719], Kullander & Britz 2008:61 [ref. 29861], Meegaskumbura et al. 2008:151 [ref. 29872]). •Valid as Pethia nigrofasciata (Günther 1868) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32071], Katwate et al. 2014:5814 [ref. 33390], Katwate et al. 2014:213 [ref. 33571], Batuwita et al. 2015:580 [ref. 33714], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Sudasinghe et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38791]). Current status: Valid as Pethia nigrofasciata (Günther 1868). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: southwestern Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.