nobilis, Ctenops McClelland [J.] 1845:281, Pl. 21 (fig. 1) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 5 (no. 18); ref. 2929] Rivers at Sikkim passes, northern Bengal. Syntypes: SMF 1914 (4). •Valid as Ctenops nobilis McClelland 1845 -- (Liem 1965:207 [ref. 20933], Vierke 1986:72 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:106 [ref. 36453], Ataur Rahman 1989:282 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:1001 [ref. 20764], Wakiyama et al. 1997:100 [ref. 25519], Menon 1999:299 [ref. 24904], Kundu 2000:96 [ref. 25663], Britz & Kottelat 2002:247 [ref. 26536], Ataur Rahman 2003:307 [ref. 31338], Shrestha 2008:230 [ref. 29923]). Current status: Valid as Ctenops nobilis McClelland 1845. Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater.