pulchellus, Nemacheilus Day [F.] 1873:528 [The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 11; ref. 17368] Bowany River [Bhavani], Neilgherries [Nilgiris], India. Syntypes (21) and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7739 (1, syntype); BMNH 1889.2.1.1591-1600 (10); NMW 48427 (1); RMNH 8755 [?= 2664] (1); ZIN 8263 (2); ZSI 2581 (1), 2563 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:301 [ref. 25110]. •Valid as Nemacheilus pulchellus Day 1873 -- (Menon 1987:164 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:496 [ref. 20764], Rama Devi 1994:209 [ref. 23719] as Noemacheilus, Indra 1994:417 [ref. 24015] as Noemacheilus, Menon 1999:185 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus, Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005:77 [ref. 28530]). •Valid as Mesonoemacheilus pulchellus (Day 1873) -- (Bănărescu & Nalban 1995:447 [ref. 23187], Rema Devi & Indra 2002:334 [ref. 26591], Shaji 2002:219 [ref. 27556], Kottelat 2012:89 [ref. 32367], Anoop et al. 2017:124 [ref. 35652], Bleher 2018:150 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Mesonoemacheilus pulchellus (Day 1873). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Western Ghats, southern India. Habitat: freshwater.