brucei, Balitora Gray [J. E.] 1830:no page number, Pl. 88 (fig. 1) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Priang River near Cherrapunji, Assam, India [original: Mountain stream, India]. Neotype: RMNH 11924. Published about 15 July 1830. Neotype designated by Kottelat 1988:493 [ref. 13379]; also same specimen designated neotype for Balitora maculata Gray 1830 and brucei was selected as valid species with maculata an objective synonym. •Valid as Balitora brucei Gray 1830 -- (Mai 1978:205 [ref. 13511], Zheng & Zhang 1983:66 [ref. 21356], Menon 1987:228 [ref. 14149], Kottelat 1988:490 [ref. 13379], Tilak 1990:95 [ref. 24002], Tilak 1990:295 [ref. 24003], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:446 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:542 [ref. 23778], Menon 1999:193 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:30 [ref. 25662], Kottelat 2001:45 [ref. 25482], Nath et al. 2007:77 [ref. 29444], Tamang et al. 2007:231 [ref. 39084], Shrestha 2008:126 [ref. 29923], Conway & Mayden 2010:1468 [ref. 30776], Conway et al. 2011:1755 [ref. 31594], Bhoite et al. 2012:3038 [ref. 32191], Liu et al. 2012:374 [ref. 31548], Kottelat 2012:44 [ref. 32367], Raghavan et al. 2013:3922 [ref. 32564], Gurung et al. 2013:4883 [ref. 32969], Nebeshwar & Vishwanath 2013:114 [ref. 33006], Kumar et al. 2016:155, 166 [ref. 34540], Bleher 2018:90 [ref. 36647], Luo et al. 2023:23 [ref. 40608]). Current status: Valid as Balitora brucei Gray 1830. Balitoridae. Distribution: Asia: Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Pakistan and Bangladesh. From India [ref. 34540]. Habitat: freshwater.