timbiri, Puntius Deraniyagala [P. E. P.] 1963:63, Pl. 1 (figs. 2-3) [Spolia Zeylanica v. 30 (pt 1); ref. 4605] Valavé River at Timbirigas-mankada, Sri Lanka, depth about 5 feet. Holotype (unique): NMSL FF801. Type information: Pethiyagoda 1991:336 [ref. 20075]. •Synonym of Puntius sarana (Hamilton 1822), subspecies spilurus (Günther 1868) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:285 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Systomus timbiri (Deraniyagala 1963) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:77 [ref. 32071], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805]). •Synonym of Systomus sarana (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:167 [ref. 32989] with question, Sudasinghe et al. 2020:[16] [ref. 37737]). Current status: Synonym of Systomus sarana (Hamilton 1822). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.