carnaticus, Barbus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:311 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Cavery River, southern India. No types known. Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005:150 [ref. 28275] regard Systomus carnaticus and Barbus carnaticus as simultaneous synonyms, and they give preference to B. carnaticus. •Valid as Puntius carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:262 [ref. 20764], Easa & Shaji 1996:305 [ref. 24977], Manimekalan 1998:435 [ref. 24989], Yadav 2000:40 [ref. 25661], Kottelat 2001:42 [ref. 25482], Yadav 2003:14 [ref. 27711], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172]). •Uncertain in genus Puntius -- (Plamoottil & Johnson 2020:99 [ref. 37958]). •Valid as Barbodes carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:150 [ref. 24759], Menon 1999:68 [ref. 24904], Arunachalam & Johnson 1999:480 [ref. 25440], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 [ref. 26359], Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 2005:150 [ref. 28275] unlikely in Barbodes, Bleher 2018:336 [ref. 36647]). •Valid as Hypselobarbus carnaticus (Jerdon 1849) -- (Knight et al. 2016:325 [ref. 34872], Plamoottil 2022:700 [ref. 39044], Plamoottil & Vineeth 2022:526 [ref. 39357]). Current status: Valid as Hypselobarbus carnaticus (Jerdon 1849). Cyprinidae: Smiliogastrinae. Distribution: South Asia: Cauvery River basin, Kerala (southern India). Habitat: freshwater.