periyarensis, Nemacheilus Kurup [B. M.] & Radhakrishnan [K. V.] 2005:75, Fig. 1 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 102 (pt 1); ref. 28530] Lake Periyar, Kerala, India. Holotype: ZSI (EGRS) CLT.V/F 13030. Paratypes: School of Industrial Fisheries Museum (2). •Questionably valid as Mesonoemacheilus periyarensis (Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005) -- (Kottelat 2012:89 [ref. 32367]). •Valid as Mesonoemacheilus periyarensis (Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005) -- (Anoop et al. 2017:131 [ref. 35652], Bleher 2018:146 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Mesonoemacheilus periyarensis (Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Headwaters of the Periyar River, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.