Species that contain: Aborichthys and elongatus [ 3 ] records

barapaniensis, Noemacheilus Menon [A. G. K.] 1987:131, Pls. 4 (figs. 5-7), 12 (fig. 5) [The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Pisces. Vol. IV; ref. 14149] Barapani, Meghalaya (Brahmaputra basin), India. Holotype: V/ERS 3063. Paratypes: (3) V/ERS 3066 and ISBB 3594. Genus is correctly Nemacheilus. Replacement name for Physoschistura elongata Sen & Nalbant 1982, secondarily preoccupied by Aborichthys elongatus Hora 1921 when both are in Nemacheilus. •Wrongly as a synonym of Nemacheilus elongatus (Sen & Nalbant 1981) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:479 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Nemacheilus barapaniensis Menon 1987 -- (Menon 1999:168 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus, Lokeshor & Wishwanath 2012:102 [ref. 32325]). •Synonym of Physoschistura elongata Sen & Nalbant 1982 on the basis of Art. 59.4 -- (Kottelat et al. 2007:39 [ref. 28942]). •Synonym of Schistura elongata (Sen & Nalbant 1982) -- (H. Bleher personal communication 7/14/2017). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Schistura elongata (Sen & Nalbant 1982). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: India [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.

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.

elongatus, Aborichthys Hora [S. L.] 1921:735, Fig. [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 22 (pt 5, no. 33); ref. 2203] Reang River, Darjiling [Darjeeling] District, India, Himalayas, elevation 2000 feet. Syntypes: ZSI F 10087/1 (3). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:119 [ref. 20743]. See Das 2003:351 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Nemacheilus elongatus (Hora 1921) -- (Menon 1987:184 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Menon 1999:187 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus). •Valid as Aborichthys elongatus Hora 1921 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:457 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:543[ref. 23778], Karmakar 2000:30 [ref. 25662], Kottelat et al. 2007:39 [ref. 28942], Sen 2009:13 [ref. 30554], Kottelat 2012:74 [ref. 32367], Kosygin 2012:49 [ref. 32937], Khynrian & Sen 2014:5 [ref. 33853], Arunachalam et al. 2014:42 [ref. 33198], Bleher 2018:122 [ref. 36647], Kosygin et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36729], Shangningam et al. 2019:370 [ref. 37201], Singh & Kosygin 2022:[7] [ref. 39743]). Current status: Valid as Aborichthys elongatus Hora 1921. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: South Asia: upper Brahmaputra basin, Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. Habitat: freshwater.