thomassi, Ambassis Day [F.] 1870:369 [1] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 26 May 1870); ref. 17369] Calicut and Mangalore, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS I.139 (1); BMNH 1870.5.2.2-3 (2) Wynaad, 1970.9.30.17 (1); MCZ 4310 (1) Canara; MNHN 0000-9358 [or 9858] (1); ZMB 8985 (1); ZSI 818-23 (6), 1886 (1), A.30 (1, lost), A.42 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:159 [ref. 23762], Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:71 [ref. 12478], Ferraris et al. 2000:303 [ref. 25110]. On p. 1 of separate. 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. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Parambassis thomassi (Day 1870) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:802 [ref. 20764], Roberts 1995:285 [ref. 22559], Rema Devi et al. 1996:142 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:287 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:51 [ref. 26359], Geetakumari 2012:62 [ref. 31985], Geetakumari & Basudha 2012:3327 [ref. 32278], Mayanglambam & Vishwanath 2015:587 [ref. 34026] as thomasi, Moazzam & Osmany 2022:539 [ref. 39926]). Current status: Valid as Parambassis thomassi (Day 1870). Ambassidae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, India. Habitat: freshwater.