canarensis, Etroplus Day [F.] 1877:414, Pl. 89 (fig. 5) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] South Canara, southwestern India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8148 (1, syntype) Canara, BMNH 1889.2.1.3974-75 (2), MCZ 4316 (1), RMNH 1103 (1), NMW 33079 (1), ZSI 1658 (1, figured specimen). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:296 [ref. 25110]. A syntype, labeled holotype, is shown in Menon et al. 1993:Fig. 5 on p. 147 but no details are provided. •Valid as Etroplus canarensis Day 1877 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:884 [ref. 20764], Menon et al. 1993:146 [ref. 20877], Menon 1999:291 [ref. 24904], Stiassny et al. 2001:33 [ref. 25402], Sparks 2002:547 [ref. 26376], Sparks & Schelly 2011:57 [ref. 31173], Pethiyagoda et al. 2014:595 [ref. 33411]). Current status: Valid as Etroplus canarensis Day 1877. Cichlidae: Etroplinae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater.