maderaspatensis, Esomus (Nuria) Day [F.] 1867:300 [20] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 2) (art. 5); ref. 14043] Bowany River and Madras [= Chennai], India. Day's specimen: AMS B.7831 (1) ? Madras, probably not a syntype. Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:299 [ref. 25110]. On p. 20 of separate. •Synonym of Esomus barbatus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:376 [ref. 20764] as madraspatensis). •Probable synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842) -- (Sudasinghe et al. 2019:356 [ref. 37047]). Current status: Synonym of Esomus thermoicos (Valenciennes 1842). Danionidae: Esominae. Habitat: freshwater.