Schistura scaturigina

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]

Schistura scaturigina

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. scaturigina
Binomial name
Schistura scaturigina
Synonyms
  • Cobitis scaturigina (McClelland, 1839)
  • Nemacheilus scaturigina (McClelland, 1839)
  • Noemacheilus scaturigina (McClelland, 1839)
  • Nemacheilus mugah Day, 1869
  • Nemacheilus shebbearei Hora, 1935

References
  1. Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura scaturigina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166432A6207967. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166432A6207967.en. Downloaded on 30 December 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Schistura scaturigina" in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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