Species that contain: Oryzias and dancena [ 5 ] 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.

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.

dancena, Cyprinus Hamilton [F.] 1822:342, 393 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Botanical Garden of Calcutta, Ganges River estuary, India. No types known. Based on an unpublished drawing. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 209 [ref. 37532]. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:46 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1998:214 [ref. 23471], Parenti 1999:2150 [ref. 24784], Parenti 2008:561 [ref. 29902], Magtoon & Termvidchakorn 2009:44 [ref. 30242], Kottelat 2013:101 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2013:288 [ref. 32989], Suresh et al. 2018:166 [ref. 36495], Roberts et al. 2021:26 [ref. 38273], Parenti 2022:339 [ref. 39716], Sudasinghe et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39438]). Current status: Valid as Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822). Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae. Distribution: Southern Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

mcclellandi, Aplocheilus Bleeker [P.] 1854:323 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 7 (no. 2); ref. 16935] India. No types known. Based on McClelland 1839:302, Pl. 55 (fig. 4). Spelled macclellandi in Bleeker 1860:487 [ref. 380]. •Synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1998:214 [ref. 23471] dating to 1860 and spelled mcclellandi, Parenti 2008:550 [ref. 29902], Magtoon & Termvidchakorn 2009:44 [ref. 30242], Kottelat 2013:288 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822). Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

melastigmus, Aplocheilus McClelland [J.] 1839:301, 427, Pl. 42 (fig. 3) [Asiatic Researches v. 19 (pt 2); ref. 2923] Calcutta, India. No types known. The original spelling in 3 places was melastigmus in Aplocheilus with the derivation melas (black) and stigma (spot). Oryzias is masculine, so we are unsure of the gender intended by McClelland. •Valid as Oryzias melastigma (McClelland 1839) -- (Uwa & Parenti 1988:159 [ref. 6852], Ataur Rahman 1989:63 [ref. 24860], Pethiyagoda 1991:178 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:745 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi 1993:358 [ref. 24007], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:248 [ref. 24017], Indra 1994:421 [ref. 24015], Rema Devi et al. 1996:140 [ref. 24021], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:157 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:172 [ref. 24760], Rema Devi et al. 1999:160 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:266 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:78 [ref. 31338]). •Not an Oryzias, based mainly or entirely on young of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822) -- (Roberts 1998:214 [ref. 23471]). •An Oryzias -- (K. Lazara, pers. comm. 9/12/08). •Synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822) with question -- (Kottelat 2013:288 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Oryzias dancena (Hamilton 1822). Adrianichthyidae: Oryziinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.