malabaricus, Esomus Day [F.] 1867:299 [19] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 2) (art. 5); ref. 14043] Trichoor, Kerala, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7833 (1, possible syntype); BMNH 1975.9.30.11 (1); ZMB 11131 (3) Rangoon; ZSI 2450 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. On p. 19 of separate. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Questionably a synonym of Esomus danricus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:377 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Esomus malabaricus Day 1867 -- (Menon 1999:48 [ref. 24904], Bleher 2018:464 [ref. 36647]). •Synonym of Esomus danrica (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 2013:102 [ref. 32899]). •Synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Sudasinghe et al. 2019:355 [ref. 37047]). Current status: Synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842). Danionidae: Esominae. Habitat: freshwater.