sota, Trichopodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:120, 372 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Brahmaputra River at Gualpara [Goalpara], Assam, India. No types known. For nomenclatural comments see Derijst 1997:107 [ref. 23498] and Paepke 1997:185 [ref. 23729] who are in disagreement regarding the first reviser; both sota and chuna are the same species. Species epithet misspelled sola by Cuvier 1831:167 [ref. 30376]. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:40 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 72 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Trichopodus chuna Hamilton 1822 -- (Schaller & Kottelat 1989:36 [ref. 13604]). •Synonym of Colisa chuna (Hamilton 1822) -- (Paepke 1997:185 [ref. 23729]). •Valid as Polyacanthus sota (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:299 [ref. 24904], Shrestha 2008:229 [ref. 29923]). •Valid as Colisa sota (Hamilton 1822) -- (Vierke 1986:70 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:103 [ref. 36453], Ataur Rahman 1989:279 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1007 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:592 [ref. 23778], Derijst 1997:107 [ref. 23498], Karmakar 2000:35 [ref. 25662], Vishwanath & Linthoingambi 2005:468 [ref. 28251]). •Synonym of Trichogaster chuna (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 2003:304 [ref. 31338]). Current status: Synonym of Trichogaster chuna (Hamilton 1822). Osphronemidae: Trichogastrinae. Distribution: Nepal, India and Bangladesh [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.