dorsalis, Systomus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:314 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Madras, southern India. No types known. •Valid as Puntius dorsalis (Jerdon 1849) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:103 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:268 [ref. 20764], Indra 1991:238 [ref. 24005], Menon & Rema Devi 1992:222 [ref. 20007], Indra 1993:183 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi 1993:198 [ref. 24010], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:245 [ref. 24017], Indra 1994:415 [ref. 24015], Manimekalan 1998:435 [ref. 24989], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:153 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi et al. 1999:157 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:91 [ref. 24904], Arunachalam et al. 2001:128 [ref. 25692], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:13 [ref. 27711], Silva et al. 2008:62 [ref. 29719], Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:201 [ref. 29986], Kumar et al. 2012:32 [ref. 31807], Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:73 [ref. 32071], Plamoottil & Abraham 2014:1095 [ref. 33150], Plamoottil 2014:1587 [ref. 33648], Plamoottil 2014:139 [ref. 33650], Narasimhaiah et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34975], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172], Bleher 2018:712 [ref. 36647], Plamoottil 2019:717 [ref. 37157], Plamoottil 2020:563 [ref. 37534], Plamoottil & Johnson 2020:96 [ref. 37958], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2020:100 [ref. 38032], Kosygin et al. 2022:656 [ref. 40736]). Current status: Valid as Puntius dorsalis (Jerdon 1849). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: southern India. Habitat: freshwater.