keralensis, Oreonectes (Indoreonectes) Rita [S. D.] & Nalbant [T. T.] in Rita, Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978:186, Figure 1 [Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" v. 19; ref. 3758] Tributary of Periyar River, Pampadampara, Kerala, India. Holotype: ISBB 2925. Paratypes: ISBB 2934 (2), MGAB 237 (1), ZSI (3). Additional material: USNM 227405 (1), 268633 (1). •Valid as Nemacheilus keralensis (Rita & Nalbant 1978) -- (Menon 1987:193 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:484 [ref. 20764], Raju Thomas et al. 1999:200 [ref. 24210], Menon 1999:189 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus, Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005:77 [ref. 28530]). •Valid as Oreonectes keralensis Rita & Nalbant 1978 -- (Rema Devi et al. 2002:127 [ref. 26361]). •Valid as Indoreonectes keralensis (Rita & Nalbant 1978) -- (Kottelat 2012:85 [ref. 32367], Bleher 2018:136 [ref. 36647], Prasad et al. 2020:344 [ref. 37918], Kumkar et al. 2021:529 [ref. 38567], Jadhav et al. 2024:22 [ref. 41666]). Current status: Valid as Indoreonectes keralensis (Rita & Nalbant 1978). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: South Asia: Periyar, Pampa, Muvattupuzba and Meenachil River drainages, southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Habitat: freshwater.