Schistura

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cobitoidea

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
A

S. acuticephalus – S. afasciata – S. aizawlensis – S. alboguttata – S. albirostris – S. alta – S. alticrista – S. altipedunculatus – S. amplizona – S. anambarensis – S. andrewi – S. antennata – S. aramis – S. arifi – S. athos – S. atra – S. aurantiaca
B

S. bachmaensis – S. bairdi – S. balteata – S. baluchiorum – S. bannaensis – S. beavani – S. bella – S. bolavenensis – S. breviceps – S. bucculenta
C

S. callichromus – S. callidora – S. carbonaria – S. cataracta – S. caudofurca – S. ceyhanensis – S. chapaensis – S. chindwinica – S. chrysicristinae – S. cincticauda – S. clatrata – S. conirostris – S. corica – S. coruscans – S. crabro – S. crocotula – S. cryptofasciata – S. curtistigma
D

S. dalatensis – S. daubentoni – S. dayi – S. deansmarti – S. defectiva – S. deignani – S. denisoni – S. desmotes – S. disparizona – S. dorsizona – S. dubia
E

S. ephelis – S. epixenos – S. evreni
F

S. fasciata – S. fascimaculata – S. fasciolata – S. ferruginea – S. finis – S. fowleriana – S. fusinotata
G

S. geisleri – S. globiceps – S. greenei
H

S. harnaiensis – S. himachalensis – S. hingi – S. hoai – S. horai – S. humilis – S. huongensis – S. hypsiura
I

S. imitator – S. implicata – S. incerta – S. irregularis – S. isostigma
J

S. jarutanini
K

S. kampucheensis – S. kangjupkhulensis – S. kaysonei – S. kengtungensis – S. khamtanhi – S. khugae – S. kloetzliae – S. kohatensis – S. kohchangensis – S. koladynensis – S. kongphengi – S. kontumensis
L

S. larketensis – S. laterimaculata – S. latidens – S. latifasciata – S. leukensis – S. lineatus – S. liyaiensis – S. longa
M

S. machensis – S. macrocephalus – S. macrolepis – S. macrotaenia – S. maculiceps – S. maculosa – S. madhavai – S. maejotigrina – S. maepaiensis – S. magnifluvis – S. mahnerti – S. malaisei – S. manipurensis – S. megalodon – S. melarancia – S. menanensis – S. minutus – S. mobbsi – S. moeiensis – S. multifasciata
N

S. nagaensis – S. nagodiensis – S. nalbanti – S. namboensis – S. namiri – S. nandingensis – S. nasifilis – S. nebeshwari – S. nicholsi – S. nielseni – S. niulanjiangensis – S. nomi – S. notasileum – S. notostigma – S. novemradiata – S. nudidorsum
O

S. obeini – S. obliquofascia – S. oedipus – S. orthocauda
P

S. pakistanica – S. pantherina – S. papulifera – S. paraxena – S. paucicincta – S. paucifasciata – S. paucireticulata – S. pawensis – S. personata – S. pertica – S. pervagata – S. poculi – S. porocephala – S. porthos – S. prashadi – S. pridii – S. procera – S. prolixifasciata – S. pseudofasciolata – S. psittacula – S. punctatus – S. puncticeps – S. punctifasciata – S. punjabensis
Q

S. quaesita – S. quasimodo
R

S. rara – S. reidi – S. rendahli – S. reticulata – S. reticulofasciata – S. rikiki – S. robertsi – S. rubrimaculata – S. rupecula – S. russa
S

S. samantica – S. savona – S. schultzi – S. scripta – S. scyphovecteta – S. semiarmata – S. sertata – S. sexcauda – S. sexnubes – S. seyhanicola – S. shadiwalensis – S. sharavathiensis – S. sigillata – S. sijuensis – S. sikmaiensis – S. similis – S. sirindhornae – S. sokolovi – S. sombooni – S. spekuli – S. spiesi – S. spiloptera – S. spilota – S. stala – S. suber – S. susannae
T

S. tenebrosa – S. tenura – S. thanho – S. tigrinum – S. tirapensis – S. tizardi – S. tubulinaris
U

S. udomritthiruji
V

S. vinciguerrae
W

S. waltoni
X

S. xhatensis
Y

S. yersini
Z

S. zonata
Name

Schistura McClelland, 1838: 944, 947

Type species: Cobitis rupecula McClelland, 1838. Type by subsequent designation.
Synonyms

Acoura (subgenus of Cobitis) Swainson, 1839: 310

References

Bohlen, J., Šlechtová, V. & Udomritthiru, K., 2014: Schistura hypsiura, a new species of loach (Cobitoidea: Nemacheilidae) from South-West Myanmar. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62: 21–27. Full article: [1].
Cao, L. & Zhang, E. 2018. Schistura alboguttata, a new loach species of the family Nemacheilidae (Pisces: Cypriniformes) from the Pearl River basin in Guangxi, South China. Zootaxa 4471(1): 125–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.1.5 Paywall Reference page.
Chen, X.-Y.; Neely, D.A. 2012: Schistura albirostris, a new nemacheiline loach (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from the Irrawaddy River drainage of Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 3586: 222–227. Preview PDF Reference page.
Choudhury, H., Mukhim, D.K.B., Basumatary, S., Warbah, D.P. & Sarma, D. 2017. Schistura larketensis, a new cavernicolous fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India. Zootaxa 4353(1): 89–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.5. Reference page.
Endruweit, M. 2014. Schistura sexnubes, a new diminutive river loach from the upper Mekong basin, Yunnan Province, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zoological Research 35(1): 59–66. DOI: 10.11813/j.issn.0254-5853.2014.1.059 [nonfunctional] Broken access. hdl: 1807/64936 Open access. Online. Reference page.
Endruweit, M. 2014: Schistura megalodon species nova, a new river loach from the Irrawaddy basin in Dehong, Yunnan, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zoological research, 35(5): 353–361. DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.5.353 Reference page.
Endruweit, M. 2017. A new Schistura from the Salween basin in western Yunnan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4243(2): 394–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.2.11. Reference page.
Endruweit, M. 2017. A new Schistura from the Pearl River in Guangxi, China (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4277(1): 144–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.12. Reference page.
Endruweit, M. 2017. A new Schistura from an upper Mekong affluent in Yunnan (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4341(4): 585–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.10. Reference page.
Endruweit, M., Yang, J-X. & Liu, S-W. 2016. A new river loach from the main channel of the upper Mekong in Yunnan (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4168(3): 594–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.13. Reference page.
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Kangrang, P.; Page, L.M.; Beamish, F.W.H. 2012: Schistura tenebrosa, a new species of loach from the Kwai Noi River system, Mae Khlong basin, Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3586: 69–77. Preview PDF Reference page.
Kottelat, M. 2000. Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History 5(1): 37–82. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Kottelat, M. 2017. Schistura epixenos, a new species of loach from the Nakai Plateau, Laos (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4300(1): 44–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.2 Reference page.
Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. 2013. Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Schistura from the Koladyne basin, Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Cobitoidei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3731(4): 561–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.4.8 Reference page.
Lokeshwor, Y., Barat, A., Sati, J, Darshan, A., Vishwanath, W. & Mahanta, P.C. 2012. Schistura obliquofascia, a new loach from Uttarakhand, India (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3586: 255–263. Preview PDF Reference page.
Lokeshwor, Y., Vishwanath, W. & Kosygin, L. 2013. Schistura paucireticulata, a new loach from Tuirial River, Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3683(5): 581–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.5.6 Reference page.
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Page, L.M.; Plongsesthee, R.; Beamish, F.W.H.; Kangrang, P.; Randall, Z.S.; Singer, R.A.; Martin, Z.P. 2012: Schistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Mae Khlong basin in southwestern Thailand with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3586: 319–328. Preview PDF Reference page.
Plongsesthee, R.; Beamish, F.W.H.; Page, L.M. 2012: Sexual dimorphism in species of Schistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Mae Khlong basin and peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 3586: 353–358. Preview PDF Reference page.
Plongsesthee, R., Page, L.M., & Beamish, W. 2011: Schistura aurantiaca, a new species from the Mae Khlong basin, Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters, 22 (2): 169–178. PDF
Shangningam, B.; Lokeshwor, Y.; Vishwanath, W. 2014: Schistura phamhringi, a new stone loach from Chindwin Basin in Manipur, India (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3786(2): 181–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.2.6 Reference page.
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Sudasinghe, H. 2017. Schistura madhavai, a new species of hill-stream loach from Sri Lanka, with redescription of S. notostigma (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4311(1): 96–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.6. Reference page.
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Suvarnaraksha, A. 2015: A new species of highland loach, Schistura sirindhornae, from the upper Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3962(1): 158–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.8. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.

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

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

Schistura acuticephala (Hora, 1929)
Schistura afasciata Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981
Schistura aizawlensis Lal Ramliana, 2012 [3]
Schistura albirostris X. Y. Chen & Neely, 2012 [4]
Schistura albisella Kottelat, 2017[5]
Schistura alticrista Kottelat, 1990
Schistura altipedunculata (Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1968)
Schistura amplizona Kottelat, 2000
Schistura anambarensis (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970)
Schistura andrewi Solo, Lal Ramliana, Lalronunga & Lalnun Tluanga, 2014 [6]
Schistura antennata Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura aramis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura arifi Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981
Schistura athos Kottelat, 2000
Schistura atra Kottelat, 1998
Schistura aurantiaca Plongsesthee, Page & Beamish, 2011 [7]
Schistura bachmaensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura bairdi Kottelat, 2000
Schistura balteata (Rendahl (de), 1948)
Schistura bannaensis Z. M. Chen, J. X. Yang & W. L. Qi, 2005
Schistura beavani (Günther, 1868)
Schistura bella Kottelat, 1990
Schistura bhimachari (Hora, 1937)
Schistura bolavenensis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura breviceps (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura bucculenta (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura callichroma (S. Q. Zhu & S. H. Wang, 1985)
Schistura callidora Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2011 [8]
Schistura carbonaria Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura carletoni (Fowler, 1924)
Schistura cataracta Kottelat, 1998
Schistura caudofurca (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
Schistura chapaensis (Rendahl (de), 1944)
Schistura chindwinica (Tilak & Husain, 1990)
Schistura cincticauda (Blyth, 1860)
Schistura clatrata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura colossa Kottelat, 2017 [9]
Schistura conirostris (S. Q. Zhu, 1982)
Schistura coruscans Kottelat, 2000
Schistura crabro Kottelat, 2000
Schistura crassa Kottelat, 2017[5]
Schistura crocotula Plongsesthee, Kottelat & Beamish, 2013 [10]
Schistura cryptofasciata X. Y. Chen, D. P. Kong & J. X. Yang, 2005
Schistura curtistigma Mirza & Nalbant, 1981
Schistura dalatensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura daubentoni Kottelat, 1990
Schistura dayi (Hora, 1835)
Schistura deansmarti Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 2003
Schistura defectiva Kottelat, 2000
Schistura deignani (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura denisoni (F. Day, 1867)
Schistura desmotes (Fowler, 1934)
Schistura devdevi (Hora, 1935)
Schistura diminuta Ou, Montaña, Winemiller & Conway, 2011 [11]
Schistura disparizona W. Zhou & Kottelat, 2005
Schistura dorsizona Kottelat, 1998
Schistura dubia Kottelat, 1990
Schistura ephelis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura epixenos Kottelat, 2017 [12]
Schistura fasciata Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2011 [13]
Schistura fascimaculata Mirza & Nalbant, 1981
Schistura fasciolata (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
Schistura ferruginea Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013 [14]
Schistura finis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura fowleriana (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura fusinotata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura gangetica (Menon, 1987)
Schistura geisleri Kottelat, 1990
Schistura globiceps Kottelat, 2000
Schistura greenei Endruweit, 2017 [15]
Schistura harnaiensis (Mirza & Nalbant, 1969)
Schistura himachalensis (Menon, 1987)
Schistura hingi (Herre, 1934)
Schistura hiranyakeshi Praveenraj, Thackeray & Balasubramanian, 2020[16]
Schistura hoai (V. H. Nguyễn, 2005) [17]
Schistura horai (Menon, 1952)
Schistura huongensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura hypsiura Bohlen, Šlechtová & Udomritthiruj, 2014 [18]
Schistura imitator Kottelat, 2000
Schistura implicata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura incerta (Nichols, 1931)
Schistura indawgyiana Kottelat, 2017 [19]
Schistura irregularis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura isostigma Kottelat, 1998
Schistura jarutanini Kottelat, 1990
Schistura kampucheensis Bohlen, Petrtýl, Chaloupková & Borin, 2016 [20]
Schistura kangjupkhulensis (Hora, 1921)
Schistura kangrae (Menon, 1952)
Schistura kaysonei Vidthayanon & Jaruthanin, 2002
Schistura kengtungensis (Fowler, 1936)
Schistura khamtanhi Kottelat, 2000
Schistura khugae Vishwanath & Shanta Devi, 2004
Schistura kloetzliae Kottelat, 2000
Schistura klydonion Kottelat, 2017 [9]
Schistura kodaguensis (Menon, 1987)
Schistura kohatensis Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981
Schistura kohchangensis (H. M. Smith, 1933)
Schistura koladynensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2012 [21]
Schistura kongphengi Kottelat, 1998
Schistura kontumensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura laterimaculata Kottelat, 1990
Schistura latidens Kottelat, 2000
Schistura latifasciata (S. Q. Zhu & S. H. Wang, 1985)
Schistura leukensis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura lingyunensis Liao, Wang & Luo, 1997
Schistura liyaiensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2014 [22]
Schistura longa (S. Q. Zhu, 1982)
Schistura machensis (Mirza & Nalbant, 1970)
Schistura macrocephalus Kottelat, 2000
Schistura macrolepis Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981
Schistura macrotaenia (J. X. Yang, 1990)
Schistura maculiceps (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
Schistura maculosa Lalronunga, Lalnun Tluanga & Lal Ramliana, 2013 [23]
Schistura madhavai Sudasinghe, 2017 [24]
Schistura maejotigrina Suvarnaraksha, 2012 [25]
Schistura maepaiensis Kottelat, 1990
Schistura magnifluvis Kottelat, 1990
Schistura mahnerti Kottelat, 1990
Schistura malaisei Kottelat, 1990
Schistura manipurensis (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1912)
Schistura megalodon Endruweit, 2014 [26]
Schistura melarancia Kottelat, 2000
Schistura menanensis (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura minuta Vishwanath & Shanta Kumar, 2006
Schistura mizoramensis Lal Ramliana, Lalronunga, Vanramliana & Lalthanzara, 2014 [27]
Schistura mobbsi Kottelat & Leisher, 2012 [28]
Schistura moeiensis Kottelat, 1990
Schistura mukambbikaensis (Menon, 1987)
Schistura multifasciata (F. Day, 1878)
Schistura musa Kottelat, 2017[5]
Schistura nagaensis (Menon, 1987)
Schistura nagodiensis Sreekantha, Gururaja, Rema Devi, T. J. Indra & T. V. Ramachandra, 2006
Schistura namboensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura nandingensis (S. Q. Zhu & S. H. Wang, 1985)
Schistura nasifilis (Pellegrin, 1936)
Schistura nebeshwari Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013 [29]
Schistura nicholsi (H. M. Smith, 1933)
Schistura nilgiriensis (Menon, 1987)
Schistura niulanjiangensis (L. Chen, Zong-Min Lu & W. N. Mao, 2006)
Schistura nomi Kottelat, 2000
Schistura notasileum Endruweit, J. X. Yang & S. W. Liu, 2016 [30]
Schistura notostigma (Bleeker, 1863) [24]
Schistura novemradiata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura nubigena Kottelat, 2017 [31]
Schistura nudidorsum Kottelat, 1998
Schistura obeini Kottelat, 1998
Schistura obliquofascia Lokeshwor, Barat, Sati, Darshan, Vishwanath & Mahanta, 2012 [32]
Schistura oedipus (Kottelat, 1988)
Schistura orthocauda (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
Schistura pakistanica (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1969)
Schistura pantherina Page, Plongsesthee & Z. S. Randall, 2012 [33]
Schistura papulifera Kottelat, Harries & Proudlove, 2007
Schistura paraxena Endruweit, 2017 [34]
Schistura paucicincta Kottelat, 1990
Schistura paucifasciata (Hora, 1929)
Schistura paucireticulata Lokeshwor, Vishwanath & Kosygin, 2013 [35]
Schistura pawensis Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2013 [36]
Schistura personata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura pertica Kottelat, 2000
Schistura pervagata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura phamhringi Shangningam, Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2014 [37]
Schistura poculi (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura polytaenia (S. Q. Zhu, 1982)
Schistura porocephala Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013 [38]
Schistura porthos Kottelat, 2000
Schistura prashadi Hora, 1921
Schistura pridii Vidthayanon, 2003
Schistura procera Kottelat, 2000
Schistura prolixifasciata L. P. Zheng, J. X. Yang & X. Y. Chen, 2012 [39]
Schistura pseudofasciolata W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1993
Schistura psittacula Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura pumatensis X. K. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2007 [17]
Schistura puncticeps Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2013 [40]
Schistura punctifasciata Kottelat, 1998
Schistura quaesita Kottelat, 2000
Schistura quasimodo Kottelat, 2000
Schistura rajasthanica (D. S. Mathur & G. M. Yazdani, 1971)
Schistura rara (S. Q. Zhu & W. X. Cao, 1987)
Schistura reidi (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura reticulata Vishwanath & Nebeshwar, 2004
Schistura reticulofasciata (A. Singh & Bănărescu, 1982)
Schistura rikiki Kottelat, 2000
Schistura robertsi Kottelat, 1990
Schistura rosammae (N. Sen, 2009)
Schistura rubrimaculata Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2013 [36]
Schistura rupecula McClelland, 1838
Schistura russa Kottelat, 2000
Schistura savona (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Schistura scaturigina McClelland, 1839
Schistura schultzi (H. M. Smith, 1945)
Schistura scripta Sudasinghe, 2018
Schistura scyphovecteta Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013 [29]
Schistura semiarmata (F. Day, 1867)
Schistura sertata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura sexcauda (Fowler, 1937)
Schistura sexnubes Endruweit, 2014 [41]
Schistura shadiwalensis Mirza & Nalbant, 1981
Schistura sharavathiensis Sreekantha, Gururaja, Rema Devi, T. J. Indra & T. V. Ramachandra, 2006
Schistura shebbearei (Hora, 1935)
Schistura shuensis Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2014 [42]
Schistura sigillata Kottelat, 2000
Schistura sijuensis (Menon, 1987)
Schistura sikmaiensis (Hora, 1921)
Schistura similis Kottelat, 1990
Schistura sirindhornae Suvarnaraksha, 2015 [43]
Schistura sokolovi Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura sombooni Kottelat, 1998
Schistura sonlaensis (T. H. Nguyễn, V. H. Nguyễn & T. T. Hoàng, 2010) [44]
Schistura spekuli Kottelat, 2004
Schistura spiesi Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 2003
Schistura spiloptera (Valenciennes, 1846)
Schistura spilota (Fowler, 1934)
Schistura striata (F. Day, 1867)
Schistura susannae Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura systomos Kottelat, 2017 [45]
Schistura tamduongensis T. H. Nguyễn, X. K. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2009 [17]
Schistura tenebrosa Kangrang, Page & Beamish, 2012 [46]
Schistura tenura Kottelat, 2000
Schistura thanho Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura thavonei Kottelat, 2017 [47]
Schistura tigrina Vishwanath & Nebeshwar, 2005
Schistura tirapensis Kottelat, 1990
Schistura titan Kottelat, 2017 [48]
Schistura tizardi Kottelat, 2000
Schistura trilineata (T. H. Nguyễn, V. H. Nguyễn & T. T. Hoàng, 2010) [44]
Schistura tubulinaris Kottelat, 1998
Schistura udomritthiruji Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2010 [49]
Schistura vinciguerrae (Hora, 1935)
Schistura walongensis (Tamang & Sinha, 2016) [50]
Schistura waltoni (Fowler, 1937)
Schistura wanlainensis Kottelat, 2017 [31]
Schistura xhatensis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura yersini Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura yunnaniloides (X. Y. Chen, Kottelat & Neely, 2011) [51]
Schistura zonata McClelland, 1839

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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