Species that contain: Esomus and barbatus [ 2 ] records

barbatus, Leuciscus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:322 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Rivers in Mysore and Carnatic, southern India. No types known. •Valid as Esomus barbatus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Tilak & Jain 1990:409 [ref. 20186], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:376 [ref. 20764], Indra 1993:182 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi 1993:354 [ref. 24007], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:244 [ref. 24017], Indra 1994:411 [ref. 24015], Manimekalan 1998:438 [ref. 24989], Bleher 2018:460 [ref. 36647], Bhakat & Sinha 2020:48 [ref. 37263]). •Synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Menon 1999:49 [ref. 24904], Sudasinghe et al. 2019:355 [ref. 37047]). Current status: Synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842). Danionidae: Esominae. Habitat: freshwater.

maderaspatensis, Esomus (Nuria) Day [F.] 1867:300 [20] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 2) (art. 5); ref. 14043] Bowany River and Madras [= Chennai], India. Day's specimen: AMS B.7831 (1) ? Madras, probably not a syntype. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. On p. 20 of separate. •Synonym of Esomus barbatus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:376 [ref. 20764] as madraspatensis). •Probable synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Sudasinghe et al. 2019:356 [ref. 37047]). Current status: Synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842). Danionidae: Esominae. Habitat: freshwater.