bata, Cyprinus Hamilton [F.] 1822:283, 386 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Rivers and ponds of Bengal, India. No types known. Tracing of unpublished drawing in Günther 1872:765. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 165 [ref. 37532]. •Possibly in the genus Bangana Hamilton 1822 -- (Kottelat 2017:494 [ref. 35262]). •Valid as Labeo bata (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:119 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:199 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:506 [ref. 23778], Manimekalan 1998:434 [ref. 24989], Menon 1999:126 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:323 [ref. 25220], Jayaram & Dhas 2000:100 [ref. 25342], Karmakar 2000:28 [ref. 25662], Selim & Vishwanath 2001:292 [ref. 25885], Mirza 2003:7 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:137 [ref. 31338], Shrestha 2008:68 [ref. 29923], Conway et al. 2011:1755 [ref. 31594], Kottelat 2013:115 [ref. 32989], Bleher 2018:576 [ref. 36647], Kosygin et al. 2022:651 [ref. 40736], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484]). Current status: Valid as Labeo bata (Hamilton 1822). Cyprinidae: Labeoninae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.