elongata, Physoschistura Sen [N.] & Nalbant [T. T.] in Singh, Sen, Bănărescu & Nalbant 1982:210, Figs. 17-20 [Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" v. 23 (for 1981); ref. 4030] Barapani, near Shillong, Meghalaya (Brahmaputra basin), India. Holotype: V/ERS 3063. Paratypes: (3) V/ERS 3066 and ISBB 3594. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Aborichthys elongatus Hora 1921 when both are placed in Noemacheilus by Menon 1987 [ref. 14149]; replaced by Noemacheilus barapaniensis Menon 1987. See Das 2003:353 [ref. 27706] with date as 1981. See Kottelat et al. 2007:39 [ref. 28942] for reinstatement of elongatus. •Valid as Nemacheilus elongatus (Sen & Nalbant 1982) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:479 [ref. 20764], Karmakar 2000:30 [ref. 25662] as Noemacheilus). •Valid as Physoschistura elongata Sen & Nalbant 1982 -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:446 [ref. 23187], Sen 1995:548 [ref. 23778], Kottelat et al. 2007:39 [ref. 28942], Shrestha 2008:135 [ref. 29923], Chen et al. 2011:180 [ref. 31359], Conway et al. 2011:[11] [ref. 31594], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2012:230 [ref. 32098], Kottelat 2012:102 [ref. 32367], Khynrian & Sen 2014:12 [ref. 33853], Endruweit 2017:378 [ref. 35305], Das & Darshan 2017:412 [ref. 35638]). •Valid as Schistura elongata (Sen & Nalbant 1982) -- (Lokeshwor et al. 2012:9 [ref. 32001] tentative, Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2014:[5] [ref. 33603], Bleher 2018:216 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Physoschistura elongata Sen & Nalbant 1982. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Brahmaputra basin, India, Bhutan and Nepal. Habitat: freshwater.