Species that contain: Conta and conta [ 3 ] records

conta, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:191, 378 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Sanashygotta, Mahamanda River, northeastern Bengal. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155]. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:42 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 107 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Conta conta (Hamilton 1822) -- (Tilak 1987:84 [ref. 6794], Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:208 [ref. 24860], Tilak 1990:293 [ref. 24003], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:624 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:572 [ref. 23778], Menon 1999:257 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:33 [ref. 25662], Ataur Rahman 2003:230 [ref. 31338], Ng 2005:26 [ref. 28217], Jayaram 2006:278 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:13 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:168 [ref. 29923]). Current status: Valid as Conta conta (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: Ganges and Brahmaputra River basins: Nepal, India and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater.

elongata, Hara Day [F.] 1872:704 [2] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 5 Dec. 1871); ref. 1079] Stream near Garrow Hills, Meghalaya, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI 436. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155]. On p. 2 of separate. •Valid as Conta elongata (Day 1872) -- (Burgess 1989:132 [ref. 12860]). •Synonym of Conta conta (Hamilton 1822) -- (Tilak 1987:84 [ref. 6794], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:624 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:257 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:230 [ref. 31338], Ng 2005:26 [ref. 28217], Thomson & Page 2006:13 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Conta conta (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.

pectinata, Conta Ng [H. H.] 2005:24, Figs. 1, 2b [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 16 (no. 1); ref. 28217] Dibrugarh, Assam, India. Holotype: ZRC 49672. Paratypes: UMMZ 234675 (1), ZRC 49673 (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kim 2008:60 [ref. 29920]. •Valid as Conta pectinata Ng 2005 -- (Thomson & Page 2006:13 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155], Tamang & Chaudhry 2012:2403 [ref. 39166]). Current status: Valid as Conta pectinata Ng 2005. Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: South Asia: Middle Brahmaputra River drainage (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India). Habitat: freshwater.