Chitala ornata (Gray, 1831)
Synonyms
Notopterus ornatus n. sp. Gray, 1831: 16,
Notopterus buchanani : Valenciennes, in Cucier and Valenciennes, 1848: 150,
Notopterus ocellifer : Bleeker, 1865: 176, nomen nudum
Notopterus chitala (partim 2): Günther, 1868: 479,
Chitala ornata : new combination Roberts, 1992: 373.
Etymology
(lat.) ornare to decorate, orna . us, .a, .um : decorated; buchanani : decicated to Buchanan-Hamilton - Dr. Franz Hamilton - Scottish physician, died 1829 in Bengal, member of the Linnean Society, collector of plants and animals, author of >Fishes in the Ganges ...<, 1822.
chitala : unknown, probably a local name.