Species that contain: Lepidocephalus and thermalis [ 5 ] records

agrensis, Platacanthus Day [F.] 1865:296, Fig. [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (pt 1); ref. 5295] Fresh waters around Cochin, India. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Day specimens: BMNH 1865.7.17.25 (1), 1867.5.30.17-19 (3), 1975.9.30.12 (1, dry). Described from one specimen. Also appeared in Day 1856:204, Pl. 14, fig. 1 [ref. 1074]. Based on an abnormal specimen, see Havird & Page 2010:154 [ref. 30739]. •Synonym of Lepidocephalus thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Menon 1992:61 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:164 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Havird & Page 2010:154 [ref. 30739], Kottelat 2012:34 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846). Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.

carnaticus, Cobitis Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:331 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Carnatic, southern India. No types known. •Synonym of Lepidocephalus thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Menon 1992:60 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:164 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Havird & Page 2010:154 [ref. 30739], Kottelat 2012:34 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846). Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.

mysorensis, Cobitis Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:332 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Mysore, southern India. No types known. •Synonym of Lepidocephalus thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Menon 1992:61 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:164 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Havird & Page 2010:154 [ref. 30739], Kottelat 2012:34 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846). Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.

rubripinnis, Cobitis Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:332 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Sluggish streams in Malabar, India. No types known. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cobitis rubripinnis Temminck & Schlegel 1846. •Synonym of Lepidocephalus thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Menon 1992:61 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:164 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Havird & Page 2010:154 [ref. 30739], Kottelat 2012:34 [ref. 32367]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846). Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.

thermalis, Cobitis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:78 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Hot waters of Cania, Sri Lanka. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-1082 (7). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:93 [ref. 19574]. •Valid as Lepidocephalus thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:527 [ref. 20764], Indra 1991:240 [ref. 24005], Menon 1992:60 [ref. 23970], Singh & Yazdani 1993:200 [ref. 24022], Indra 1993:185 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi 1993:356 [ref. 24007], Rema Devi 1993:206 [ref. 24010], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:246 [ref. 24017], Indra 1994:418 [ref. 24015], Rema Devi et al. 1996:136 [ref. 24021], Easa & Shaji 1996:305 [ref. 24977] with author as Hamilton, Manimekalan 1998:439 [ref. 24989], Zacharias et al. 1996:40 [ref. 25526], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:155 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:171 [ref. 24760], Rema Devi et al. 1999:158 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:164 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Arunachalam et al. 2001:128 [ref. 25692], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:17 [ref. 27711], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172]). •Valid as Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:139 [ref. 20075], Havird & Page 2010:154 [ref. 30739], Havird et al. 2010:9 [ref. 30908], Harant & Bohlen 2010:2444 [ref. 31092], Kottelat 2012:34 [ref. 32367], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Kottelat 2017:713 [ref. 35678], Bleher 2018:314 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes 1846). Cobitidae. Distribution: South Asia: eastward-flowing rivers of the Western Ghats and Peninsular India (India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh). Habitat: freshwater.