grootii, Catopra Bleeker [P.] 1852:90 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 1); ref. 16831] Tjirutjup River, Blitong, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6358. •Questionably a synonym of Pristolepis fasciata (Bleeker 1851) -- (Roberts 1989:165 [ref. 6439]). •Valid as Pristolepis grootii (Bleeker 1852) -- (Kottelat et al. 1993:122 [ref. 23448], Ng & Tan 1999:363 [ref. 24159], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:165 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:193 [ref. 28285], Britz et al. 2012:59 [ref. 32014], Kottelat 2013:367 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil & Win 2017:615 [ref. 35480] as grooti, Ng et al. 2019:536 [ref. 36606], Ahmad et al. 2023:136 [ref. 41243]). Current status: Valid as Pristolepis grootii (Bleeker 1852). Pristolepididae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malaya (Malaysia), Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia). IUCN (2019): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.