Schistura

<i>Schistura</i>

Schistura

Genus of fishes

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]

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Species

There are currently over 200 recognized species in this genus:[1]

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

References

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