malabaricus, Opsarius Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:329 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] North Malabar, southern India. No types known. •Synonym of Barilius canarensis (Jerdon 1849) -- (Menon 1999:16 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Barilius bakeri Day 1865 -- (Remi Devi et al. 2005:124 [ref. 28532]). •Valid as Barilius malabaricus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Knight et al. 2015:402 [ref. 33702], Bleher 2018:356 [ref. 36647], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2020:5394 [ref. 37919]). •Valid as Opsarius malabaricus Jerdon 1849 -- (Qin et al. 2019:590 [ref. 36784]). Current status: Valid as Opsarius malabaricus Jerdon 1849. Danionidae: Chedrinae. Distribution: Southern Western Ghats, Karnataka and Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.