Schistura scaturigina

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Schistura scaturigina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. scaturigina
Binomial name
Schistura scaturigina
McClelland, 1839 [2]
Synonyms
  • Cobitis scaturigina(McClelland, 1839)
  • Nemacheilus scaturigina(McClelland, 1839)
  • Noemacheilus scaturigina(McClelland, 1839)
  • Nemacheilus mugah Day, 1869
  • Nemacheilus shebbearei Hora, 1935

Schistura scaturigina is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura . It is found in high altitude streams with gravelly bottoms in the upper Ganges basin in Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura scaturigina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T166432A6207967. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166432A6207967.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura scaturigina". FishBase . June 2012 version.