Species that contain: Horabagrus and brachysoma [ 3 ] records

brachysoma, Pseudobagrus Günther [A.] 1864:86 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Cochinchine [? southern Vietnam or Cochin]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1862.9.18.5 (skin). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:429 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther 1864) -- (Burgess 1989:69 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:553 [ref. 20764], Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994:112 [ref. 21421], Aijthkumar et al. 1999:249 [ref. 24211], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Bhat 2001:294 [ref. 25884], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Jayaram 2006:143 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:429 [ref. 29155], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:280 [ref. 32985]. Ali et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33555]). Current status: Valid as Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther 1864). Horabagridae. Distribution: Southern and southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

chryseus, Pseudobagrus Day [F.] 1865:290 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (pt 1); ref. 5295] Kurriavanoor [Kariyannur] River, Kurriapudnam or Cochin, India. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Day specimens: AMS B.7922 (1), BMNH 1865.7.17.5-6 (2), MCZ 4280 (1), NMW 44177 (1), RMNH 6870, ZMB 9575 (1), ZSI 475 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:296 [ref. 25110], Ferraris 2007:429 [ref. 29155]. Description above apparently based on 1 specimen 6 2/10 in. Also appeared in Day 1865:185, Pl. 13, fig. 2 [ref. 1074]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Valid as Pseudobagrus chryseus Day 1865 -- (Rema Devi et al. 1996:137 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:213 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther 1864) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:553 [ref. 20764], Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994:113 [ref. 21421], Jayaram 2006:143 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:429 [ref. 29155], Plamoottil & Abraham 2013:280 [ref. 32985]). Current status: Synonym of Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther 1864). Horabagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

melanosoma, Horabagrus Plamoottil [M.] & Abraham [N. P.] 2013:281, Figs. 1-3, 6c, 6e [International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology v. 1 (no. 4); ref. 32985] West Venpala, Monimala River, Kerala, India. Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/IR/2384. Paratypes: ZSI/WGRC/IR/2389 (9). •Synonym of Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther 1864) -- (Ali et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33555]). Current status: Synonym of Horabagrus brachysoma (Günther 1864). Horabagridae. Habitat: freshwater.