Schistura

Schistura
Schistura mahnerti.jpg
Schistura mahnerti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
McClelland, 1838
Type species
Cobitis rupecula
McClelland, 1838
Synonyms
  • Acoura Swainson, 1839
  • Longischistura Bănărescu & 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.

Species

There are currently over 200 recognized species in this genus:

See also

  • Sgouros, Katherine; Lawrence M. Page; Sarah A. Orlofske; and Robert C. Jadin (2019). A Revised Molecular Phylogeny Reveals Polyphyly in Schistura (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4559(2): 349–362. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.8

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