thomassi, Barbus (Barbodes) Day [F.] 1874:707 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 4 Nov. 1873); ref. 18825] South Canara, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS I.139 (1); BMNH 1889.2.1.562-563 (2); FMNH 2317 (1); MCZ 4270 (1); NMW 54767 (1), 54773 (1); ZMB 11056 (1); ZIN 8218 (1); ZSI 2413 (1, lost), 2326 (1, lost), 2327 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:156 [ref. 23762]. Named after H. E. Thomas of the Indian Fisheries, so correct name would be thomasi [ICZN Art. 32.5.1], but Day named three species after him, always as thomassi, so spelling probably intended. Knight et al. 2016:326 [ref. 34874] lists syntypes. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Gonoproktopterus thomassi (Day 1874) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:191 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Puntius thomassi (Day 1874) -- (Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661], Yadav 2003:14 [ref. 27711]). •Valid as Hypselobarbus thomassi (Day 1874) -- (Menon & Rema Devi 1995:391 [ref. 22480], Menon 1999:82 [ref. 24904] as thomasi, Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Arunachalam et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32222], Knight et al. 2013:212 [ref. 33021], Knight et al. 2016:326 [ref. 34872], Arunachalam & Chinnaraja 2016:108 [ref. 35148], Bleher 2018:572 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Hypselobarbus thomassi (Day 1874). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: South Asia: westwards flowing rivers, Karnataka and Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.