asoka, Puntius Kottelat [M.] & Pethiyagoda [R.] 1989:472, Figs. 1, 4 [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 42 (no. 8); ref. 14110] Sitawaka River, 6°55'25"N, 80°20'02"E, Kegala District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. Holotype: ZSM 27188 [now ZRC 38480]. Paratypes: ZMA 120334 (1); CMK 6402 (9), 6522 (1). Type catalog: Neumann 2011:255 [ref. 31652]. The holotype is currently at ZRC. •Valid as Puntius asoka Kottelat & Pethiyagoda 1989 -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:93 [ref. 20075], Silva et al. 2008:62 [ref. 29719]). •Valid as Systomus asoka Kottelat & Pethiyagoda 1989 -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:77 [ref. 32071], Sudasinghe et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37737]). Current status: Valid as Systomus asoka (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda 1989). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: southwestern Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.