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Schistura

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Schistura
Schistura mahnerti
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1][2]

Species

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There are currently over 200 recognized species in this genus:[3]

See also

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  • Sgouros, Katherine; Lawrence M. Page; Sarah A. Orlofske; 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. PMID 30791021.

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