variegatus, Akysis variegatus Prashad [B.] & Mukerji [D. D.] 1929:180, Pl. 8 (figs. 1-2) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 31 (pt 3); ref. 3558] South end of Indawgyi Lake, along southwestern shore, Myitkyina District, Upper Myanmar. Holotype (unique): ZSI F10873/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:126 [ref. 20743], Ferraris 2007:14 [ref. 29155] Subjectively invalid; preoccupied in Akysis by Pimelodus variegatus Bleeker 1846; the authors even state that this new subspecies is closely allied both to Akysis variegatus Bleeker and Akysis pictus Günther. See Das 2003:378 [ref. 27706] with date as 1930. •Synonym of Akysis prashadi Hora 1936 -- (Ng 1999:545 [ref. 24609], Ng & Freyhof 2003:315 [ref. 27399], Jayaram 2006:163 [ref. 28762], Vishwanath et al. 2007:2676 [ref. 29124], Ferraris 2007:14 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:219 [ref. 32989]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Akysis prashadi Hora 1936. Akysidae: Akysinae. Habitat: freshwater.