birdi, Botia Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1910:339 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 3 (pt 4) (art. 26) (for Dec. 1909); ref. 14432] Rupar, where the Sirhind Canal diverges from the Sutlej, Punjab, India. Syntypes: ZSI F3578/1 to 3580/1 (3). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:120 [ref. 20743]. •Valid as Botia birdi Chaudhuri 1910 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:536 [ref. 20764], Menon 1992:36 [ref. 23970], Kullander et al. 1999:135 [ref. 23689], Menon 1999:156 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:324 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:13 [ref. 27265], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Ng 2007:47 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:31 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367], Bleher 2018:272 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Botia birdi Chaudhuri 1910. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Indus River drainage, Pakistan and India. Habitat: freshwater.