Species that contain: Puntius and ticto [ 4 ] records

melanomaculatus, Puntius ticto Deraniyagala [P. E. P.] 1956:34 [Part 1; ref. 21809] Kantalai reservoir, eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Holotype: NMSL FF728A. Paratypes: NMSL FF728B (10). Type information: Pethiyagoda 1991:336 [ref. 20075] but only holotype listed. Also appeared in Deraniyagala 1958:129 [ref. 11990]. •Valid as Puntius melanomaculatus Deraniyagala 1956 -- (Meegaskumbura et al. 2008:150 [ref. 29872]). •Valid as Pethia melanomaculata (Deraniyagala 1956) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32071], Katwate et al. 2014:244 [ref. 33433], Katwate et al. 2014:213 [ref. 33571], Batuwita et al. 2015:576 [ref. 33714], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Sudasinghe et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38791]). Current status: Valid as Pethia melanomaculata (Deraniyagala 1956). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.

punctatus, Puntius Day [F.] 1865:302 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (pt 1); ref. 5295] Cochin, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7746 (1), MCZ 4303 (1), NMW 54489-90 (2), RMNH 2545 (1), ZIN 8331 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762]. Also appeared in Day 1865:214, Pl. 7, fig. 1 [ref. 1074]. •Synonym of Puntius ticto (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:291 [ref. 20764]). •Synonym of Puntius ticto (Hamilton 1822), but a valid subspecies -- (Rema Devi 1993:198 [ref. 24010]). •Valid as Puntius punctatus Day 1865 -- (Rema Devi et al. 1996:134 [ref. 24021], Menon et al. 2000:267 [ref. 25168], Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran 2005:85 [ref. 28531], Mercy & Jacob 2007:78 [ref. 29454], Meegaskumbura et al. 2008:151 [ref. 29872], Knight et al. 2012:2413 [ref. 31841]). •Valid as Pethia punctata (Day 1865) -- (Pethiygoda et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32071], Lalramliana et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33389], Katwate et al. 2014:5814 [ref. 33390], /Katwate et al. 2014:242 [ref. 33433], Katwate et al. 2014:202 [ref. 33571], Batuwita et al. 2015:580 [ref. 33714], Atkore et al. 2015:295 [ref. 33789], Katwate et al. 2015:414 [ref. 33839], Katwate et al. 2016:2044 [ref. 34413], Bleher 2018:682 [ref. 36647], Praveenraj et al. 2022:293 [ref. 39687]). Current status: Valid as Pethia punctata (Day 1865). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: Western Ghats, southern India. Habitat: freshwater.

stoliczkanus, Barbus (Puntius) Day [F.] 1871:328 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 40 (pt 2, no. 1-4); ref. 14128] Eastern Myanmar. Syntypes: (6 + 15) AMS 7741-43 (1, 1, 1) Moulmein; BMNH 1889.2.1.850-852 (3), NMW 54560a (1), 54272 (2); ZSI F2298 (1) Moulmein, A.789-790 (2, lost), NMW 54640 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:156 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:302 [ref. 25110]. Replacement name for Barbus mclellandi Day 1870. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Puntius ticto (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:291 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:104 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Puntius stoliczkanus (Day 1871) -- (Menon et al. 2000:264 [ref. 25168], Kottelat 2001:74 [ref. 25780], Vishwanath & Laisram 2004:136 [ref. 27863], Kullander & Fang 2005:297 [ref. 28193], Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran 2005:85 [ref. 28531], Shantakumar & Vishwanath 2006:2279 [ref. 28676], Linthoingambi & Vishwanath 2007:52 [ref. 29122], Kullander 2008:59 [ref. 29716], Knight et al. 2012:2413 [ref. 31841]). •Valid as Pethia stoliczkana (Day 1871) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32071], Mayanglambam & Vishwanath 2013:88 [ref. 32976], Kottelat 2013:141 [ref. 32989], Lalramliana et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33389], Katwate et al. 2014:5814 [ref. 33390], Batuwita et al. 2015:580 [ref. 33714], Shangningam & Vishwanath 2018:590 [ref. 35803], Bleher 2018:696 [ref. 36647], Shangningam et al. 2020:332 [ref. 37259], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Fu et al. 2021:9570 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:131 [ref. 39830], Shangningam & Kosygin 2022:59 [ref. 39587]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Pethia stoliczkana (Day 1871). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South and southeast Asia: Chindwin-Irrawaddy, Mae Klong, Chao Phraya and Mekong River basins, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Yunnan (China). Habitat: freshwater.

ticto, Cyprinus Hamilton [F.] 1822:314, 389, Pl. 8 (fig. 87) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Southern parts of Bengal. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 184 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Puntius ticto (Hamilton 1822) -- (Shrestha 1978:36 [ref. 15970], Ataur Rahman 1989:131 [ref. 24860], Coad 1981:11 [ref. 22348], Pethiyagoda 1991:118 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:291 [ref. 20764], Indra 1991:239 [ref. 24005], Singh & Yazdani 1993:198 [ref. 24022], Indra 1994:416 [ref. 24015], Sen 1995:517 [ref. 23778], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Doi 1997:11 [ref. 22832], Manimekalan 1998:436 [ref. 24989], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:154 [ref. 24759], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:170 [ref. 24760], Sen 1999:193 [ref. 24750], Rema Devi et al. 1999:157 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:103 [ref. 24904], Menon et al. 2000:267 [ref. 25168], Rafique 2000:324 [ref. 25220], Mirza 2000:356 [ref. 25207], Shan et al. in Yue 2000:8 [ref. 25272], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Karmakar 2000:29 [ref. 25662], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Arunkumar & Tombe Singh 2003:481 [ref. 26926], Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:9 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:14 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:150 [ref. 31338], Vishwanath & Laisram 2004:137 [ref. 27863], Kullander & Fang 2005:297 [ref. 28193], Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran 2005:85 [ref. 28531], Shantakumar & Vishwanath 2006:2279 [ref. 28676], Linthoingambi & Vishwanath 2007:50 [ref. 29122], Mercy & Jacob 2007:78 [ref. 29454], Meegaskumbura et al. 2008:151 [ref. 29872], Shrestha 2008:81 [ref. 29923], Conway et al. 2011:1755 [ref. 31594], Knight et al. 2012:2409 [ref. 31841], Gurung et al. 2013:4882 [ref. 32969], Zhang et al. 2016:97 [ref. 34477]). •Valid as Pethia ticto (Hamilton 1822) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32071], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Mayanglambam & Vishwanath 2013:88 [ref. 32976], Lalramliana et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33389], Katwate et al. 2014:5788 [ref. 33390], Katwate et al. 2014:242 [ref. 33433], Katwate et al. 2014:213 [ref. 33571], Atkore et al. 2015:295 [ref. 33789], Katwate et al. 2015:403 [ref. 33839], Katwate et al. 2016:2045 [ref. 34413], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172], Shangningam & Vishwanath 2018:591 [ref. 35803], Suresh et al. 2018:105 [ref. 36495], Bleher 2018:700 [ref. 36647], Ren et al. 2020:[5] [ref. 37805], Shangningam et al. 2020:331 [ref. 37259], Kosygin et al. 2022:655 [ref. 40736], Praveenraj et al. 2022:293 [ref. 39687], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484], Çiçek et al. 2023:51 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Pethia ticto (Hamilton 1822). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Ganga-Brahmaputra basin (India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan). Habitat: freshwater.