nilgiriensis, Noemacheilus Menon [A. G. K.] 1987:106, Pls. 10(figs. 8-9), 11(figs. 1-2) [The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Pisces. Vol. IV; ref. 14149] Small stream joining outlet stream from Pykara Dam, Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype: SRS/ZSI F561. Paratypes: SRS/ZSI F562 (19). Genus is correctly Nemacheilus. See Das 2003:367 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Nemacheilus nilgiriensis Menon 1987 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:492 [ref. 20764], Manimekalan 1998:439 [ref. 24989] as Noemacheilus, Menon 1999:175 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus). •Valid as Schistura nilgiriensis (Menon 1987) -- (Sreekantha et al. 2006:2216 [ref. 28597], Kottelat 2012:114 [ref. 32367], Bohlen & Šlechtová 2013:25 [ref. 32804], Sudasinghe 2017:108 [ref. 35539], Bleher 2018:225 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Schistura nilgiriensis (Menon 1987). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Western Ghats, southern India. Habitat: freshwater.