punctatus, Bagrus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:339 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Cavery River and its principal tributaries, southern India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:91 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Mystus punctatus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Burgess 1989:70 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:570 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:131 [ref. 19952], Manimekalan 1998:440 [ref. 24989], Menon 1999:206 [ref. 24904], Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661] as punctus, Rema-Devi 2001:297 [ref. 25883], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram & Sanyal 2003:101 [ref. 26894]). •Valid as Hemibagrus punctatus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Ng & Ferraris 2000:137 [ref. 25041], Jayaram 2006:65 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:91 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2013:227 [ref. 32495], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172]). Current status: Valid as Hemibagrus punctatus (Jerdon 1849). Bagridae. Distribution: Cavery River and tributaries, India. Habitat: freshwater.