Erethistes hara (Hamilton 1822)

Pimelodus hara Hamilton 1822 ^ZBK: 190, 378. Type locality: Hooghly River south of Ranaghat, India. Neotype: UMMZ 244697. Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat (2005).

Pimelodus asperus McClelland 1844 ^ZBK: 404, pl. 24 (fig. 2). Type locality: Hooghly River south of Ranaghat, India. Neotype: UMMZ 244697. Neotype designated by Ng & Kottelat (2005). Synonymized with Hara hara ^ZBK (= Erethistes hara) by Ng & Kottelat (2005).

Hara saharsai Datta Munshi & Srivastava 1988 ^ZBK: 265, fig. 5. Type locality: Kosi Belt [Ganges drainages], n. Bihar, India. Syntypes: Bhagalpur Univ., Dept. Zool. Mus. 67 (13). Also appeared as new in Srivastava & Datta Munshi in Srivastava 1989:121, fig. 1. Synonymized with Hara hara ^ZBK (= Erethistes hara) by Talwar & Jhingran (1991).

Distribution: Ganges, Brahmaputra and Irrawaddy drainages, northeast India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar (Jayaram, 1981; Lipton, 1985; Ataur Rahman, 1989; Mamnur Rashid et al., 1997). Most reports from Myanmar appear to be based on Erethistes filamentosus . We have examined specimens from the Brahmaputra drainage in Bangladesh, and the Irrawaddy drainage in northern Myanmar.