osphromenoides, Sphaerichthys Canestrini [G.] 1860:707 [11] [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien; ref. 713] India. NMW. Syntypes: (2). On p. 11 of separate. A translation of the original description is given in Roberts 1989:176 [ref. 6439]. •Possibly valid -- (Roberts 1989:176 [ref. 6439]). •Valid as Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Canestrini 1860 -- (Vierke 1986:112 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:158 [ref. 36453], Kottelat et al. 1993:164 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:248 [ref. 23210], Wakiyama et al. 1997:100 [ref. 25519], Ng & Tan 1999:363 [ref. 24159], Britz & Kottelat 2002:247 [ref. 26536], Tan & Ng 2005:132 [ref. 28283], Parenti & Lim 2005:195 [ref. 28285], Kottelat 2013:456 [ref. 32989], Ng et al. 2019:535 [ref. 36606]). Current status: Valid as Sphaerichthys osphromenoides Canestrini 1860. Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malaya (Malaysia), Indonesia: Habitat: freshwater.