monilis, Nemachilus Hora [S. L.] 1921:19, Fig. [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 22 (pt 1); ref. 15313] Edge of Bhavani River, 10 miles from Mettupalaiyam [Methtupalayam], near base of Nilgiri Hills, India, elevation 1800 feet. Holotype: ZSI F9981/1. Paratypes: ZSI (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:123 [ref. 20743]. Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. See Das 2003:364 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Nemacheilus monilis Hora 1921 -- (Menon 1987:156 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:488 [ref. 20764], Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:435 [ref. 23187], Indra et al. 1992:521 [ref. 24992], Menon 1999:183 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus, Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2005:77 [ref. 28530], Arunachalam & Muralidharan 2007:2724 [ref. 29138], Arunachalam & Muralidharan 2009:148 [ref. 30462], Kottelat 2012:91 [ref. 32367] in 'Nemacheilus', Bleher 2018:172 [ref. 36647], Šlechtová et al. 2021:[11] [ref. 38212] in 'Nemacheilus'). •Valid as Koima monilis (Hora 1921) -- (Anoop et al. 2024:112 [ref. 41671]). Current status: Valid as Koima monilis (Hora 1921). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: South Asia: Cauvery River basin, Western Ghats, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, peninsular India. Habitat: freshwater.