Species that contain: Barbus and dorsalis [ 3 ] records

cauveriensis, Barbus Hora [S. L.] 1937:20, Fig. 7 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 39 (pt 1); ref. 15279] Cauvery River, Coorg State, southern India. Holotype: ZSI F12179/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:104 [ref. 20743]. See Das 2003:353 [ref. 27706]. •Synonym of Puntius dorsalis (Jerdon 1849) -- (Menon 1999:92 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Puntius cauveriensis (Hora 1937) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:263 [ref. 20764], Yadav 2000:40 [ref. 25661] as caveriensis, Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:209 [ref. 29986], Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:73 [ref. 32071], Plamoottil 2019:717 [ref. 37157], Plamoottil & Johnson 2020:96 [ref. 37958], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2020:100 [ref. 38032]). Current status: Valid as Puntius cauveriensis (Hora 1937). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: southern India. Habitat: freshwater.

layardi, Barbus Günther [A.] 1868:144 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Sri Lanka. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1853.12.27.5 (1 or 2), ?1866.7.12.18 (1). •Synonym of Puntius dorsalis (Jerdon 1849) -- (Menon 1999:91 [ref. 24904]). •Apparently valid as Puntius layardi (Günther 1868) from Sri Lanka but not seen in the wild since 1868 -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:201 [ref. 29986]). •Valid as Puntius layardi (Günther 1868) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:73 [ref. 32071], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805] as cf. layardi). Current status: Valid as Puntius layardi (Günther 1868). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.

tetraspilus, Barbus Günther [A.] 1868:142 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Sri Lanka. No types known. Replacement name for Leuciscus binotatus Blyth 1858, secondarily preoccupied in Barbus by Barbus binotatus Valenciennes 1842 (see Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:212 [ref. 29986]). •Synonym of Puntius dorsalis (Jerdon 1849) -- (Menon 1999:91 [ref. 24904]). •Species inquirenda -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2008:202, 212 [ref. 29986]). Replacement Name. Current status: Uncertain as Puntius tetraspilus (Günther 1868). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Sri Lanka [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.