Gogangra viridescens (Hamilton 1822)

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Gogangra viridescens (Hamilton 1822)

Pimelodus viridescens Hamilton 1822 : 173, 377, pl. 11 (fig. 56). Type locality: Rivers of n. Bengal . No types known.

Nangra punctata Day 1877a : 494, pl. 115 (fig. 8). Type locality: Sone River at Bheer Bhoom [=Bheerbhoom] [Ganges drainage] , Bihar, India. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7566 (1, syntype). Synonymized with Gagata viridescens (= Gogangra viridescens ) by Hora & Law (1941).

Distribution: Ganges and Brahmaputra drainages, India and Bangladesh (Ataur Rahman, 1989; Talwar & Jhingran, 1991; Sen, 1995; Mamnur Rashid et al., 1997; Roberts & Ferraris, 1998; Jayaram, 1999; Ng, 2005f).