Typová lokalita
Kallumkal, Manimala River, Kerala, India, 9°20'00"N, 76°30'00"E.
Původní popis
Plaumoottil, M. & Abraham, N. P. 2014. Puntius viridis (Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae), a new fish species from Kerala, Imdia. Journal of Research in Biology v. 3 (no. 7): 1093-1104.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.