Rhyacoschistura

Rhyacoschistura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Rhyacoschistura ; Kottelat, 2019
Type species
	Rhyacoschistura suber; (Kottelat, 2000)
Species
	7, see text

Last updated May 22, 2025

Rhyacoschistura is a genus of stone loaches from Laos, India and Thailand. It was described in 2019 to accommodate a new species, R. larreci. Additionally, Rhyacoschistura suber was redescribed with new adult specimens and was moved to Rhyacoschistura from Schistura .^[1]

Species

There are currently seven described species in the genus:^[2]

Rhyacoschistura ferruginea (Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013)
Rhyacoschistura larreci Kottelat, 2019
Rhyacoschistura maculosa (Lalronunga, Lalnuntluanga & Lalramliana, 2013)
Rhyacoschistura maejotigrina (Suvarnaraksha, 2012)
Rhyacoschistura manipurensis (Chaudhuri, 1912)
Rhyacoschistura porocephala (Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013)
Rhyacoschistura suber (Kottelat, 2000)

References

↑ Kottelat, Maurice (2019-05-29). "Rhyacoschistura larreci, a new genus and species of loach from Laos and redescription of R. suber (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)" . Zootaxa. 4612 (2): 151–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31717063.
↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhyacoschistura". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 May 2025.

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[:0-1] Kottelat, Maurice (2019-05-29). "Rhyacoschistura larreci, a new genus and species of loach from Laos and redescription of R. suber (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)" . Zootaxa. 4612 (2): 151–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31717063.

[2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhyacoschistura". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 May 2025.

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