shalynius, Puntius Yazdani [G. M.] & Talukdar [S. K.] 1975:218, Fig. [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 72 (pt 1); ref. 7486] Barapani Lake, about 20 kilometers north of Shillong, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India, elevation 1100 meters. Holotype: ZSI V/ERS 511. Paratypes: ZSI V/ERS 512-15 (1, 2, 3, 3). See Das 2003:360 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Puntius shalynius Yazdani & Talukdar 1975 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:286 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:516 [ref. 23778], Sen 1999:192 [ref. 24750], Menon 1999:100 [ref. 24904], Menon et al. 2000:267 [ref. 25168], Karmakar 2000:29 [ref. 25662], Kullander & Fang 2005:297 [ref. 28193], Jameela Beevi & Ramachandran 2005:85 [ref. 28531], Mercy & Jacob 2007:78 [ref. 29454], Knight et al. 2012:2414 [ref. 31841]). •Valid as Pethia shalynius (Yazdani & Talukdar 1975) -- (Pethiyagoda et al. 2012:81 [ref. 32071], Mayanglambam & Vishwanath 2013:88 [ref. 32976], Lalramliana et al. 2014:373 [ref. 33389], Katwate et al. 2014:244 [ref. 33433], Shangningam & Vishwanath 2018:591 [ref. 35803], Bleher 2018:690 [ref. 36647], Shangningam et al. 2020:331 [ref. 37259], Shangningam & Kosygin 2023:18 [ref. 39886]). Current status: Valid as Pethia shalynius (Yazdani & Talukdar 1975). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Ganga-Brahmaputra basin, northeastern India. Habitat: freshwater.