bejeus, Trichopodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:118, 372 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Brahmaputra River at Gualpara [Goalpara], Assam, India. No types known. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:40 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 69 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Polyacanthus fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) -- (Menon 1999:298 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Trichogaster fasciata Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Kottelat 2013:457 [ref. 32989] with question). •Valid as Trichogaster bejeus (Hamilton 1822) -- (Knight et al. 2022:[3] [ref. 39561]). Current status: Valid as Trichogaster bejeus (Hamilton 1822). Osphronemidae: Trichogastrinae. Distribution: Southern Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.