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 deignani is a species of stone loach from the genus Schistura. It is found in Thailand. It is considered by some authorities to be a synonym of Schistura kohchangensis.
Schistura fowleriana is a species of stone loach from the genus Schistura. It is found in Thailand. It is considered by some authorities to be a synonym of Schistura sexcauda.
Schistura niulanjiangensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura from the Yangtze drainage in Yunnan. It has been placed in the genus Claea by some authorities but this genus is listed as monotypic in Fishbase.
Schistura pakistanica is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura, although some authorities have placed this stone loach in the genus Paraschistura.
Schistura prashadi is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. Some authorities place it in the genus Physoschistura It is known from just three localities in the Chindwin River drainage in Manipur, India. It is a benthic species of hill streams, preferring well oxygenated, clear, flowing water.
Schistura rupecula is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is distributed through the eastern Himalayas from North Bengal through Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh in India and into Nepal. Its habitat is hill streams with pebbly stream beds while adults are often found in shallow water riffles and spring pools. The specific name rupecula means "rock dweller" which was given to the species by its describer John McClelland in reference to the hill streams around Simla from where the type specimens were collected. It is the type species of the genus Schistura.
Schistura semiarmata is a species of stone loach in the genus Schistura. It is found in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu and, at least based on some sources, in Pakistan. It grows to 5.6 cm (2.2 in) SL. It is a very common species inhabiting high altitude streams with hard bottom. It is sometimes used as an aquarium fish.
Schistura sexcauda is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the basin of the Chao Phraya River in central Thailand where it has been recorded in streams with a moderate to fast current, in riffles, over substrates consisting of gravel to stone. Some authorities regard Schistura fowleriana as a synonym of this species.
Schistura sokolovi is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura from Vietnam. It occurs in medium-sized to small streams with a current and riffles, over gravel and sandy substrates. The specific name honours the Russian zoologist Vladimir Evgenievich Sokolov (1928-1988) for his contribution to the knowledge of the zoology of central Vietnam.
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.
Schistura zonata is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura from hill streams in Assam, India. Its exact distribution is unknown and there have been records of this species since the type specimens were collected. Some authorities include Nemacheilus mugah as a synonym of S. zonata, which in turn has been regarded as a synonym of Schistura scaturigina, but these views are not currently widely accepted.
Schistura carletoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It is froun in the Beas River basin in Himachal Pradesh, India where it is found in small streams with a fast current in shallow water over gravel or rocky beds.
Schistura devdevi is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It is found in clear, swift streams with pebble beds in upland areas of the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal, as well as in Nepal. It sometimes appears in the aquarium trade. The specific name honours Dr Dev Dev Mukerji of the Zoological Survey of India.
Schistura kodaguensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. This species has been recorded from a single stream with a swift current and gravel bottom in the Cauvery River system in Karnataka, India. The specific name is derived from Kodagu District where the type specimen was collected.
Schistura polytaenia is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It has only been recorded at its type locality a stream in Tengchong County in Yunnan which is part of the Irrawaddy River system.
Nemacheilus singhi is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Nemacheilus, although some authorities place it in the genus Schistura. This species has only been recorded from a single locality in Nagaland, India.
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 striata is a species of stone loach endemic to India where it occurs in Kerala and Karnataka. This fish grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) SL.
Schistura aizawlensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It occurs in Muthi River, a tributary of Tuirial River, Mizoram, Northeast India. It may inhabit moderate or strongly-flowing stream with a substrate of gravel and rocks and a water temperature of 22 to 28 °C over the course of the day.
