Schistura

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Schistura
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Schistura mahnerti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
McClelland, 1838
Type species
Cobitis rupecula
McClelland, 1838
Synonyms
  • AcouraSwainson, 1839
  • LongischisturaBănărescu & Nalbant, 1995

Schistura is a genus of fish in the stone loach family Nemacheilidae native to the streams and rivers of the southern and eastern Asia. Some of these species are troglobitic. [1] [2]

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Species

There are currently over 200 recognized species in this genus: [1]

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<i>Glyptothorax</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Garra</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Nemacheilus</i> Genus of fishes

Nemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia.

<i>Yunnanilus</i> Genus of fishes

Yunnanilus is a genus of small stone loaches that are endemic to southeastern China, especially Guangxi and Yunnan. They are found in rivers, streams and lakes; some species are restricted to caves.

<i>Psilorhynchus</i> Genus of fishes

Psilorhynchus is a genus of fish in the family Psilorhynchidae native to South Asia. This genus is the only member of its family. The members of Psilorhynchus are small benthic fishes which occur in rivers and streams with fast to swift currents, hence they are often referred to a torrent minnows. They are distributed in southern Asia, in the Indo-Burma region and the Western Ghats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loach</span> Superfamily of fish

Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species of Cobitoidea comprise about 107 genera divided among 9 families.

Homatula is a genus of stone loaches endemic to China.

Oxynoemacheilus is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Europe and Western Asia.

Paracobitis is a genus of Asian stone loaches.

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

Physoschistura is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found mostly in Southeast Asia.

Pteronemacheilus lucidorsum is a species of stone loach endemic to the Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar.

<i>Sewellia</i> Genus of fishes

Sewellia is a genus of fish in the family Gastromyzontidae. They are commonly called hillstream loaches and are found in Laos and Vietnam. According to Roberts (1998) a possible defining characteristic of the genus Sewellia is their posterior pelvic valve is highly complex and different from other rheophilic loaches, their posterior pelvic valve involves the overlapping of the second to last ventrally exposed rays. Adapted to high velocity streams, Sewellia have depressed body shapes that are laterally expanded, thus increasing their hydrodynamical properties and allowing them to better stay attached to rocks in swift current. Sewellia also have paired fins with a single simple ray and numerous branched rays allowing them to grip rocks in swift current.

<i>Turcinoemacheilus</i> Genus of fishes

Turcinoemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nemacheilidae</span> Family of fishes

The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, Afronemacheilus found in Africa. The family includes about 790 species.

Schistura callidora is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It was first found in the Myitnge River drainage, Irrawaddy basin in Myanmar. It is distinguished by possessing dark bars on its body, being much thinner in its anterior half; a high dorsal crest on the caudal peduncle; the number of dorsal-fin rays; and its lateral line which reaches behind the base of the anal fin.

Schistura ndawgyiana is a species of stone loach in the genus Schistura which has only been recorded from a single tributary of Lake Indawgyi in Kachin State, Myanmar. It was described by the Belgian ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat in 2017 and does not feature in Fishbase yet.

Bibarba parvoculus is a cave-dwelling species of loach endemic to a karst cave in Guangxi in southern China. Its only known congener is the surface-dwelling Bibarba bibarba, from which it is believed to have evolutionarily split in the Early Miocene.

Mustura is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Myanmar.

References

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