boopis, Chela Day [F.] 1874:708 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 3) (art. 6) (for 4 Nov. 1873); ref. 18825] South Canara, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7820 (1, syntype); BMNH 1889.2.1.1411-12 (2); NMW 52124 (1); RMNH 8747 [?=2703] (1); ZSI 2542 (1), 2625 (1), A.937 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:295 [ref. 25110]. •Valid as Salmostoma boopis (Day 1874) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:322 [ref. 20764], Indra 1994:409 [ref. 24015] as boopsis, Rema Devi et al. 1996:130 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:26 [ref. 24904], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Yadav 2003:7 [ref. 27711], Bleher 2018:776 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Salmostoma boopis (Day 1874). Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Southern India. Habitat: freshwater.