deccanensis, Puntius Yazdani [G. M.] & Babu Rao [M.] 1976:171, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 73 (pt 1); ref. 7403] Nalla near Katraj tank, 13 kilometers south of Poona, Maharashtra, western India. Holotype: ZSI. Paratypes: ZSI (2). See Das 2003:360 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Puntius fraseri (Hora & Misra 1938) -- (Menon 1999:94 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Puntius deccanensis Yazdani & Babu Rao 1976 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:267 [ref. 20764], Yadav 2000:40 [ref. 25661], Yadav 2003:12 [ref. 27711]). Current status: Valid as Puntius deccanensis Yazdani & Babu Rao 1976. Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater.