Repatriating a lost name: notes on McClelland and Griffith’s Cobitis boutanensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) Author Thoni, Ryan J. Author Hart, Robbie text Zootaxa 2015 3999 2 291 294 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.8 ae3b8df5-23af-41e5-85fe-14ef1214efd1 1175-5326 241881 6EBBA8C2-5D4D-4B95-9ACA-C7D35CF94AEC Aborichthys boutanensis ( McClelland & Griffith 1842 ) Cobitis boutanensis McClelland and Griffith in McClelland 1842 : 586 , Boutan [ Bhutan ], on Mishmee Mountains Nemachilus butanensis (McClelland) . — Günther 1868 : 358 . Locality: Butan Nemacheilus butanensis (McClelland) . — Day 1872 : 196 . Locality: Bútan Nemacheilus butanensis (McClelland) . — Day 1873 : ccxcviii. Locality: Bootan Nemacheilus butanensis (McClelland) . — Day 1888 : 621 . Locality: Boutan Nemachilus butanensis (McCelland) . — Day 1889 : 236 . Locality: Bhutan Aborichthys kempi Chaudhuri 1913 : 245 , Pl. 7, figs. 1-1b. Localities (multiple syntypes ):Egar Stream between Renging and Rotung, Aunachal Pradesh; Dihang River, near Yembung; Sirpo River near Renging, Abor Hills, India Adiposia boutanensis (McClelland) . — Hora 1928 : 483 . Locality: Helmand basin probably in the neighborhood of the Bolan Pass Paracobitis boutanensis (McCelland) . — Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995 :443 ; Kottelat 2012 : 99 . Locality: Bolas Pass, Helmand drainage [based erroneously on Hora (1928) ] FIGURE 2. Map of Griffith’s expedition (base map from Griffith and McClelland 1848) through Bhutan, and a generalized range map of Aborichthys boutanensis in southern Bhutan (lighter oval) based on observations of first author (RJT). Bhutan’s modern border is superimposed (green area). The brown line is the path taken by Griffith. TABLE 1. Morphometric and meristic characters for Aborichthys boutanensis . Aborichthys boutanensis holotype BMNH1860.3.19.775 Morphometrics (mm) Standard length 104.7 Head length 18.6 Predorsal length 47.9 Snout length 7.1 Prepelvic length 47.3 Preanal length 78.4 Prevent length 55.6 Body depth 11.5 Body width 10.5 Caudal-peduncle depth 12.9 Caudal-peduncle length 19.9 Pectoral-fin length 15.0 Pelvic-fin length 13.2 Orbital width 2.0 Interorbital width 5.0 Meristic counts Branched dorsal-fin rays 7 Branched anal-fin rays 5 Branched pectoral-fin ray 12 Branched pelvic-fin rays 8 Branched caudal-fin rays 16