Colisa Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:359 Fem. Colisa vulgaris Cuvier 1831 (= Trichopodus colisa Hamilton 1822). Type by absolute tautonymy of senior objective synonym. Cuvier's C. vulgaris is an unneeded substitute for T. colisa Hamilton. See account of Polyacanthus Cuvier and Polyacanthus Kaup. Derijst 1997:222 [ref. 23499] argues that this genus appeared first as a name in synonymy in Hamilton 1822:116 and was validated back to Hamilton 1822 by use of name by Cuvier 1831 as above; Tan & Kottelat 2009:62 [ref. 30261] disagree. •Valid as Colisa Cuvier 1831 -- (Liem 1962:37 [ref. 20932], Vierke 1986:63 [ref. 36452], Vierke 1988:94 [ref. 36453], Ataur Rahman 1989:278 [ref. 24860], Britz & Kottelat 2002:249 [ref. 26536], Ataur Rahman 2003:305 [ref. 31338]). •Synonym of Trichogaster Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Derijst 1997:222 [ref. 23499], Britz 2004:7 [ref. 30110], Töpfer 2008:49 [ref. 30111], Tan & Kottelat 2009:62 [ref. 30261], Kottelat 2013:456 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Trichogaster Bloch & Schneider 1801. Osphronemidae: Trichogastrinae.