Paraschistura

Paraschistura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Paraschistura Prokofiev, 2009
Type species
Nemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii, 1900
Synonyms
MetaschisturaProkofiev, 2009

Paraschistura is a genus of stone loaches most of which occur in Central, South and Western Asia. ^[1]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

• Paraschistura abdolii Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015
• Paraschistura alepidota (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970)
• Paraschistura alta (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)
• Paraschistura aredvii Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015
• Paraschistura bampurensis (Nikolskii, 1900)
• Paraschistura chrysicristinae (Nalbant, 1998) (Batman loach)
• Paraschistura cristata (Berg, 1898) (Turkmenian crested loach)
• Paraschistura delvarii Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi, 2015 (Delvari's loach)
• Paraschistura hormuzensis Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015
• Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015
• Paraschistura kermanensis Sayyadzadeh, Teimori & Esmaeili, 2019
• Paraschistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) (Kessler's loach)
• Paraschistura lepidocaulis (Mirza & Nalbant, 1981)
• Paraschistura lindbergi (Bănărescu & Mirza, 1965)
• Paraschistura makranensis Eagderi, Mousavi-Sabet & Freyhof, 2019
• Paraschistura microlabra (Mirza & Nalbant, 1981)
• Paraschistura montana (McClelland, 1838)
• Paraschistura naseeri (N. D. Ahmad & Mirza, 1963)
• Paraschistura naumanni Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015
• Paraschistura nielseni (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)
• Paraschistura pakistanica (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1969)
• Paraschistura prashari (Hora 1933)
• Paraschistura punjabensis (Hora, 1923)
• Paraschistura susiani Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015
• Paraschistura turcmenica (Berg, 1932)
• Paraschistura turcomana (Nikolskij, 1947)

References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paraschistura". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 December 2024.