Schistura pakistanica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Schistura |
Species: | S. pakistanica |
Binomial name | |
Schistura pakistanica | |
Synonyms | |
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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 . [2]
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 denisoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura described from the Bhavani river of Tamil Nadu.
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 horai is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It is found in India and Pakistan. It is named in honour of the ichthyologist Sunder Lal Hora (1896-1955), who was the Director of the Zoological Survey of India and who collected the type specimen in 1926 in Himachal Pradesh.
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 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 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 gangetica is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura. It occurs in the Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh where it can be found in pebble bedded streams with a swift current and clear water.
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 nilgiriensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura.
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 shuangjiangensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus although some authorities have placed it in either Schistura or Physoschistura.
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.
Nemacheilus yingjiangensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus, although some authorities place it in the genus Schistura. The species has only been recorded from the Daying River, a tributary of the Irrawaddy River in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China.
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.