sharmai, Puntius Menon [A. G. K.] & Rema Devi [K.] 1993:353, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 89 (pt 3) [1992]; ref. 21978] Mogappair, West Annanagar, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype: ZSI F3768. Paratypes: ZSI F3771 (2). •Valid as Puntius sharmai Menon & Rema Devi 1993 -- (Rema Devi et al. 1999:157 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:100 [ref. 24904], Menon et al. 2000:267 [ref. 25168], Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran 2005:85 [ref. 28531]). •Valid as Pethia sharmai (Menon & Rema Deva 1993) -- (Knight 2013:181 [ref. 32828], Katwate et al. 2014:242 [ref. 33433], Bleher 2018:692 [ref. 36647], Praveenraj et al. 2022:293 [ref. 39687]). Current status: Valid as Pethia sharmai (Menon & Rema Devi 1993). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Tamil Nadu, southern India. Habitat: freshwater.