Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches, and relatives. Cypriniformes is an Order within the Superorder Ostariophysi consisting of "Carp-like" Ostariophysins. This order contains 11-12 families, although some authorities have designated as many as 23, over 400 genera, and more than 4,250 species, with new species being described every few months or so, and new genera being recognized frequently. They are most diverse in southeastern Asia, and are entirely absent from Australia and South America. At 112 years old, the longest-lived cypriniform fish documented is the bigmouth buffalo.
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.
Schistura notostigma, the spotback loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura, distributed in peninsula of India and Sri Lanka. Until 2017, it was thought to be the only species of Schistura stone loach found in Sri Lanka before a new species Schistura madhavai, was described.
Schistura reidi is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It occurs in the Salween basin in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, and probably in Myanmar too as the Salween forms the border between Myanmar and Thailand in this area. The specific name honors Earl D. Reid of the Division of Fishes at the United States National Museum.
Rhyacoschistura suber is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Rhyacoschistura. This species was originally described from three specimens collected among leaf litter in very shallow water in a small forest creek in the Nam Leuk drainage basin in Laos in 1997. These specimens were revealed to be juveniles and the species was re-described in 2019 on the basis of adult specimens. Based on the re-description, the species was moved from Schistura to the newly described genus, Rhyacoschistura.
Schistura vinciguerrae is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura which is found in the Irrawaddy and Salween River basins in Myanmar, and the Chindwin drainage in Myanmar and Manipur, India. The specific name honours the Italian ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra, who classified Burmese fishes and described the species, Schistura multifasciata, which S. vinciguerrae was separated from.
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.
Oxynoemacheilus is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Europe and Western Asia.
Paracobitis is a genus of Asian stone loaches.
Pteronemacheilus lucidorsum is a species of stone loach endemic to the Irrawaddy Basin, Myanmar.
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.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) pictilis, also known as the Ataran zipper loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. It is native to Myanmar and Thailand. It was described to science in 2012.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) maekhlongensis also known as the Maekhlong zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Maeklong River basin, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
Schistura madhavai, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura, newly distributed from Sri Lanka. It is the second species of Schistura stone loach described from Sri Lanka, the other being the widely distributed native species Schistura notostigma.
Schistura maculosa, the spotted stone loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae described from Tuingo and Pharsih Rivers, tributaries of Tuivai River, Mizoram, India.
Schistura diminuta is a species of stone loach from the genus Schistura. It has so far only been recorded from the Kong River from the Mekong River drainage in Cambodia. Its describers described it as a "miniature species".
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.
Schistura mobbsi is a species of troglobitic stone loach from the genus Schistura which is endemic to the Phuong Hoang Cave in Thai Nguyen Province in Vietnam. Its specific name honours Jerry Mobbs the speleologist who first discovered and explored the Phuong Hoang Cave to which this species is restricted. Schistura mobbsi has no eyes, lacks pigmentation and does not possess a lateral line, has a reduced number of fin rays, large nostrils which are placed well forward on snout, and non overlapping scales which are restricted to posterior part of flanks.
Schistura scripta, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura, newly identified from Sri Lanka. It is the third species of Schistura stone loach described from Sri Lanka, the other being the widely distributed native species Schistura notostigma and endemic Schistura madhavai.
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.
