Species that contain: Oryzias and carnaticus [ 3 ] records

argenteus, Panchax Day [F.] 1868:706 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 3); ref. 14045] Near Madras, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7492 (1, lost); BMNH 1868.4.15.10 (1); ZSI A.637 (1, lost), ?F1479 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:158 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:294 [ref. 25110]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Questionably a synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1998:214 [ref. 23471]). •Questionably a synonym of Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Roberts 1998:217 [ref. 23471]). •Synonym of Oryzias melastigma (McClelland 1839) -- (Menon 1999:266 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Parenti 2008:550 [ref. 29902] with question). •Synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) -- (Parenti 2008:561 [ref. 29902] with question, Magtoon & Termvidchakorn 2009:44 [ref. 30242], Kottelat 2013:288 [ref. 32989]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Synonym of Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849). Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

carnaticus, Aplocheilus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:331 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] River that passes by Waniambaddy [= Vaniyambadi], Tamil Nadu, southern India. No types known. •Valid as Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Roberts 1998:217 [ref. 23471], Parenti 2008:555 [ref. 29902], Kottelat 2013:288 [ref. 32989], Roberts et al. 2021:26 [ref. 38273], Sudasinghe et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39438] as cf. carnaticus, Parenti 2022:338 [ref. 39716], Sen & Sreeraj 2022:516 [ref. 39611]). Current status: Valid as Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849). Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae. Distribution: Southern Asia: eastern India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Andaman Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

cyanopthalma, Panchax Blyth [E.] 1858:288 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 27 (no. 3); ref. 476] Calcutta market, India. No types known. •Questionably a synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1998:214 [ref. 23471]). •Questionably a synonym of Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Roberts 1998:217 [ref. 23471]). •Synonym of Oryzias melastigma (McClelland 1839) -- (Menon 1999:266 [ref. 24904] as cyanophthalmus). •Synonym of Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Parenti 2008:555 [ref. 29902] with question). •Synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) -- (Parenti 2008:550 [ref. 29902] with question, Kottelat 2013:288 [ref. 32989]). Nomen Dubium. Current status: Synonym of Oryzias carnaticus (Jerdon 1849). Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.