melettina, Leuciscus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844:304, Pl. 501 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 17; ref. 1010] Bombay [= ? Mumbai or Bombay Presidency], India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3812 (5). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:51 [ref. 19574]. •Valid as Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:55 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:336 [ref. 20764], Indra 1994:410 [ref. 24015], Rema Devi et al. 1996:130 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:31 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Sudasinghe et al. 2019:41 [ref. 36481]). Current status: Valid as Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes 1844). Danionidae: Rasborinae. Distribution: Peninsular India. Habitat: freshwater.
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