exclamatio, Puntius Pethiyagoda [R.] & Kottelat [M.] 2005:133, Fig. 8 [Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. no. 12; ref. 28274] 3 kilometers downstream of Thenmalai Dam, on Thenmalai-Trivandrum Road, Kallada River, Kerala, India. Holotype: WHT 6255. Paratypes: CMK 8808 (44), 18477 (11); WHT 6249 (3). •Valid as Puntius exclamatio Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005 -- (Rema Devi et al. 2010:1121 [ref. 30982], Knight et al. 2011:1690 [ref. 31267] but possible a hybrid, p. 1692, Remya et al. 2013:46 [ref. 37136]). •Valid as Dawkinsia exclamatio (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:80 [ref. 32071], Bleher 2018:418 [ref. 36647], Katwate et al. 2020:231 [ref. 37497], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Katwate et al. 2020:725 [ref. 37975], Sudasinghe et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38706]). Current status: Valid as Dawkinsia exclamatio (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Kallada River drainage (Kerala, India). Habitat: freshwater.