Paraschistura montana

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Paraschistura montana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paraschistura
Species:
P. montana
Binomial name
Paraschistura montana
McClelland, 1838
Synonyms

Schistura montana(McClelland, 1838)

Paraschistura montana is a species of stone loach endemic to Himachal Pradesh, India. [1] It is placed in Schistura by some authorities. [2]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Paraschistura montana" in FishBase . June 2011 version.
  2. 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.