thermoicos, Nuria Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1842:238, Pl. 472 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 16; ref. 1009] Cania, Sri Lanka. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3926 (7). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:71-72 [ref. 19574]. •Valid as Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:71 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:378 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:195 [ref. 24010], Indra 1994:411 [ref. 24015], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:149 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:166 [ref. 24760], Rema Devi et al. 1999:154 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:49 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 1999:163 [ref. 25290], Arunachalam et al. 2001:128 [ref. 25692], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Sudasinghe et al. 2019:347 [ref. 37047], Bhakat & Sinha 2020:48 [ref. 37263], Abujam et al. 2021:88 [ref. 38678]). Current status: Valid as Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842). Danionidae: Esominae. Distribution: Sri Lanka and southern Peninsular India. Habitat: freshwater.