pavonacea, Cobitis McClelland [J.] 1839:305, 437, Pl. 52 (fig. 1) [Asiatic Researches v. 19 (pt 2); ref. 2923] Assam, India. Syntypes: ?SMF 68 (1), 9070 (1), 9090-91 (2). •Valid as Nemacheilus pavonaceus (McClelland 1839) -- (Menon 1987:150 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:493 [ref. 20764], Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:433 [ref. 23187], Menon 1999:182 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus pavonaceus, Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662] as Noemacheilus). •Valid as Acanthocobitis pavonacea (McClelland 1839) -- (Grant 2007:3 [ref. 29366], Grant 2008:13 [ref. 33826] as a subgenus Paracanthocobitis, Kottelat 2012:51 [ref. 31992], Kottelat 2012:76 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:198 [ref. 32989], Khynrian & Sen 2014:9 [ref. 33853], Singer & Page 2015:380 [ref. 33823], Bleher 2018:132 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Acanthocobitis pavonacea (McClelland 1839). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Ganges and Brahmaputra basins, India. Habitat: freshwater.