asperus, Pimelodus McClelland [J.] 1843:404, Pl. 24 (fig. 2) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 4) (for 1844); ref. 2927] Hooghly River, south of Ranaghat, India. Neotype: UMMZ 244697. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155]. Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat 2005:19 [ref. 28207]. •Valid as Laguvia asperus (McClelland 1843) -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:671 [ref. 20764], Arunkumar 2000:197 [ref. 25658], Ng & Kottelat 2005:14 [ref. 28207], Jayaram 2006:293 [ref. 28762]). •Synonym of Hara hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ng & Kottelat 2005:18 [ref. 28207], Ng & Kottelat 2007:472 [ref. 29351], Ferraris 2007:395 [ref. 29155], Anganthoibi & Vishwanath 2009:466 [ref. 30480]). •Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:15 [ref. 28859]). Current status: Synonym of Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: China and Myanmar [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.