malabaricus, Perilampus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:325 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Chalakudy River, Panamkulam, 26 km from Chalakudy, on road to Valparai, Kerala, India. Neotype [AMS I.46342-001] designated by Batuwita et al. 2017:158 [ref. 35544], invalid, see Kullander et al. 2017:33 [ref. 35685] and Sudasinghe & Pethiyagoda 2019:422 [ref. 36449]. •Synonym of Danio aequipinnatus McClelland 1839 -- (Barman 1991:23 [ref. 22192]). •Valid as Danio malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Jayaram 1991:109 [ref. 20014], Pethiyagoda 1991:67 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:370 [ref. 20764], Rema Devi et al. 1996:131 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:43 [ref. 24904], Fuller et al. 1999:70 [ref. 25838], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Sanger & McCune 2002:531 [ref. 26219], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:8 [ref. 27711]). •Valid as Devario malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Fang 2001:16 [ref. 25285], Fang 2003:717 [ref. 27255], Fang et al. 2009:17 [ref. 29983], Fang & Kullander 2009:39 [ref. 30284] as cf. malabaricus, Ahmed et al. 2013:285 [ref. 32872], Kullander 2017:408 [ref. 35120], Batuwita et al. 2017:158 [ref. 35544], Kullander et al. 2017:29 [ref. 35685], Bleher 2018:438 [ref. 36647], Sudasinghe et al. 2020:[12] [ref. 37530]). Current status: Valid as Devario malabaricus (Jerdon 1849). Danionidae: Danioninae. Distribution: Southern Peninsular India and lowland Sri Lanka; introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater.