arulius, Systomus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:317 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Cavery River at Seringapatam [Shrirangapathna], India. No types known. •Valid as Puntius arulius (Jerdon 1849) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:258 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi et al. 1996:133 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:86 [ref. 24904] as species and subspecies, Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359] Arunachalam & Johnson 2003:477 [ref. 26927], Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005:137 [ref. 28274], Rema Devi et al. 2010:1121 [ref. 30982], Knight et al. 2011:1690 [ref. 31267]). •Valid as Dawkinsia arulius (Jerdon 1849) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:80 [ref. 32071], Bleher 2018:414 [ref. 36647], Katwate et al. 2020:231 [ref. 37497], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Katwate et al. 2020:726 [ref. 37975], Sudasinghe et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38706]). Current status: Valid as Dawkinsia arulius (Jerdon 1849). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Cauvery River basin (southern India). Habitat: freshwater.