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Species in the genus Etroplus: [ 5 ] records

canarensis, Etroplus Day [F.] 1877:414, Pl. 89 (fig. 5) [The fishes of India Part 3; ref. 4886] South Canara, southwestern India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8148 (1, syntype) Canara, BMNH 1889.2.1.3974-75 (2), MCZ 4316 (1), RMNH 1103 (1), NMW 33079 (1), ZSI 1658 (1, figured specimen). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:160 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:296 [ref. 25110]. A syntype, labeled holotype, is shown in Menon et al. 1993:Fig. 5 on p. 147 but no details are provided. •Valid as Etroplus canarensis Day 1877 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:884 [ref. 20764], Menon et al. 1993:146 [ref. 20877], Menon 1999:291 [ref. 24904], Stiassny et al. 2001:33 [ref. 25402], Sparks 2002:547 [ref. 26376], Sparks & Schelly 2011:57 [ref. 31173], Pethiyagoda et al. 2014:595 [ref. 33411]). Current status: Valid as Etroplus canarensis Day 1877. Cichlidae: Etroplinae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater.

caris, Chaetodon Hamilton [F.] 1822:125, 372 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Paligaut, India. No types known. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:40 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Etroplus suratensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Menon 1999:292 [ref. 24904]). Current status: Synonym of Etroplus suratensis (Bloch 1790). Cichlidae: Etroplinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

kakaitsel, Glyphisodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:542, 544 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] Suriname; Coromandel, India [?]. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:48 [ref. 20862]. •Synonym of Etroplus maculatus (Bloch 1795) -- (Menon 1999:291 [ref. 24904]). Current status: Synonym of Etroplus. Cichlidae: Etroplinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

meleagris, Etroplus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:486 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Mouth of Arian-Coupang River, Puducherry, India; Malabar, India. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-8510 (4), 0000-8511 (2), 0000-8512 (1), A-1029 (1), A-8122 (1, dry), A-8123 (1, dry). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:209 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Etroplus suratensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Menon 1999:292 [ref. 24904]). Current status: Synonym of Etroplus suratensis (Bloch 1790). Cichlidae: Etroplinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

suratensis, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] 1790:3, Pl. 217 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 4; ref. 469] Suratte, India [probably obtained from the missionary John in Tranquebar (=Tharangambadi 11.018657°, 79.855042°), Erik Åhlander personal communication Jan. 2019]. Holotype (unique): ZMB 2782. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:63 [ref. 24282], with a holotype. On p. 1 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 7 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Etroplus suratensis (Bloch 1790) -- (Pethiyagoda 1991:234 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:885 [ref. 20764], Menon et al. 1993:146 [ref. 20877], Indra 1993:189 [ref. 24009], Rema Devi & Ilango 1993:249 [ref. 24017], Rema Devi et al. 1996:141 [ref. 24021], Menon 1999:292 [ref. 24904], Mishra et al. 1999:87 [ref. 25315], Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:625 [ref. 25122], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:186 [ref. 25703], Stiassny et al. 2001:33 [ref. 25402], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:51 [ref. 26359], Sparks 2002:547 [ref. 26376], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:40 [ref. 27712], Sparks & Schelly 2011:57 [ref. 31173], Kottelat 2013:374 [ref. 32989], Pethiyagoda et al. 2014:595 [ref. 33411], Narasimhaiah et al. 2016:69 [ref. 34975], Arunkumar & Manimekalan 2018:1739 [ref. 36172], Suresh et al. 2018:274 [ref. 36495]). Current status: Valid as Etroplus suratensis (Bloch 1790). Cichlidae: Etroplinae. Distribution: India and Sri Lanka; introduced in Singapore. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.