# Schistura

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:
* Schistura absumbra (Endruweit, 2017)
* Schistura acuticephala (Hora, 1929)
* Schistura afasciata Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981
* Schistura aizawlensis Lal Ramliana, 2012
* Schistura albirostris X. Y. Chen & Neely, 2012
* Schistura albisella Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura alboguttata Cao & E. Zhang, 2018
* Schistura alticrista Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura altipedunculata (Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1968)
* Schistura altuscauda F.-M. Chen, Myint, L. Chu & X. Y. Chen, 2020
* Schistura amplizona Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura anambarensis (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970)
* Schistura andrewi Solo, Lal Ramliana, Lalronunga & Lalnun Tluanga, 2014
* Schistura antennata Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura aramis Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura arifi Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981
* Schistura ataranensis Dvořák, Bohlen, Kottelat & Šlechtová, 2023
* Schistura athos Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura atra Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura aurantiaca Plongsesthee, Page & Beamish, 2011
* 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) (Creek loach)
* 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
* Schistura carbonaria Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura carletoni (Fowler, 1924)
* Schistura cataracta Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura caudofurca (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
* Schistura chapaensis (Rendahl, 1944)
* Schistura chindwinica (Tilak & Husain, 1990)
* Schistura cincticauda (Blyth, 1860)
* Schistura clatrata Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura colossa Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura conirostris (S. Q. Zhu, 1982)
* Schistura coruscans Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura crabro Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura crassa Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura crocotula Plongsesthee, Kottelat & Beamish, 2013
* 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, 1935)
* Schistura deansmarti Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 2003
* Schistura defectiva Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura denisoni (Day 1867)
* Schistura desmotes (Fowler, 1934)
* Schistura devdevi (Hora, 1935)
* Schistura diminuta Ou, Montaña, Winemiller & Conway, 2011
* Schistura disparizona W. Zhou & Kottelat, 2005
* Schistura doonensis (Tilak & Husain, 1977)
* Schistura dorsizona Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura dubia Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura ephelis Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura epixenos Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura falamensis M.-F. Chen, Myint, L. Chu & X.-Y. Chen, 2020
* Schistura fasciata Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2011
* Schistura fascimaculata Mirza & Nalbant, 1981
* Schistura fasciolata (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
* Schistura ferruginea Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013
* Schistura finis Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura gangetica (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura geisleri Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura globiceps Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura greenei Endruweit, 2017
* Schistura harnaiensis (Mirza & Nalbant, 1969)
* Schistura hartli Dvořák, Bohlen, Kottelat & Šlechtová, 2023
* Schistura himachalensis (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura hingi (Herre, 1934)
* Schistura hiranyakeshi Praveenraj, Thackeray & Balasubramanian, 2020
* Schistura hoai (V. H. Nguyễn, 2005)
* Schistura horai (Menon, 1952)
* Schistura huapingensis (Y. F. Wu & C. Z. Wu, 1992)
* Schistura huongensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura hypsiura Bohlen, Šlechtová & Udomritthiruj, 2014
* Schistura imitator Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura implicata Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura incerta (Nichols, 1931)
* Schistura indawgyiana Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura irregularis Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura isostigma Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura jarutanini Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura kampucheensis Bohlen, Petrtýl, Chaloupková & Borin, 2016
* 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, 2004
* Schistura kloetzliae Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura klydonion Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura kodaguensis (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura kohatensis Mirza & Bănărescu, 1981
* Schistura kohchangensis (H. M. Smith, 1933)
* Schistura koladynensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2012
* Schistura kongphengi Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura kontumensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura kottelati Ho, Hoang & Ngo, 2018
* Schistura kuehnei Dvořák, Bohlen, Kottelat & Šlechtová, 2023
* Schistura larketensis Choudhury, Mukhim, Basumatary, Warbah & Sarma, 2017
* Schistura laterimaculata Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura latidens Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura latifasciata (S. Q. Zhu & S. H. Wang, 1985)
* Schistura leukensis Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura liyaiensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2014
* 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 maculosa Lalronunga, Lalnun Tluanga & Lal Ramliana, 2013
* Schistura madhavai Sudasinghe, 2017 (Madhava's stream loach)
* Schistura magnifluvis Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura mahnerti Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura malaisei Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura manipurensis (Banawari Lal Chaudhuri, 1912)
* Schistura megalodon Endruweit, 2014
* Schistura melarancia Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura menanensis (H. M. Smith 1945)
* Schistura minuta Vishwanath & Shanta Kumar, 2006
* Schistura mizoramensis Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Vanramliana & Lalthanzara, 2014
* Schistura mobbsi Kottelat & Leisher, 2012
* Schistura moeiensis Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura mukambbikaensis (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura multifasciata (Day, 1878)
* Schistura musa Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura myaekanbawensis Dvořák, Bohlen, Kottelat & Šlechtová, 2023
* Schistura myrmekia (Fowler, 1935)
* Schistura nagaensis (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura nagodiensis Sreekantha, Gururaja, Rema Devi, T. J. Indra & T. V. Ramachandra, 2006
* Schistura namboensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura nasifilis (Pellegrin 1936)
* Schistura nebeshwari Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013
* Schistura nicholsi (H. M. Smith, 1933)
* Schistura nilgiriensis (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura nomi Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura notasileum Endruweit, J.-X.Yang & S. W. Liu, 2016
* Schistura notostigma (Bleeker 1863) (Spotback loach)
* Schistura novemradiata Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura nubigena Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura nudidorsum Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura obeini Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura obliquofascia Lokeshwor, Barat, Sati, Darshan, Vishwanath & Mahanta, 2012
* Schistura oedipus (Kottelat, 1988)
* Schistura palma Kottelat, 2023
* Schistura pantherina Page, Plongsesthee & Randall, 2012
* Schistura papulifera Kottelat, Harries & Proudlove, 2007
* Schistura paraxena Endruweit, 2017
* Schistura paucicincta Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura paucifasciata (Hora, 1929)
* Schistura paucireticulata Lokeshwor, Vishwanath & Kosygin, 2013
* Schistura pawensis Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2013
* Schistura peninsulae Dvořák, Bohlen, Kottelat & Šlechtová, 2023
* Schistura personata Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura pertica Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura pervagata Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura phamhringi Shangningam, Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2014
* Schistura poculi (H. M. Smith 1945)
* Schistura polytaenia (S.-Q. Zhu, 1982)
* Schistura porocephala Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013
* Schistura porthos Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura pridii Vidthayanon, 2003
* Schistura procera Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura prolixifasciataL. P. Zheng, J. X. Yang & X. Y. Chen, 2012
* Schistura pseudofasciolata W. Zhou & G. H. Cui, 1993
* Schistura psittacula Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura pumatensis X. K. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2007
* Schistura puncticeps Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2013
* 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 rebuw H. Choudhury, Dey, Bharali, D. Sarma & Vishwanath, 2019
* Schistura reidi (H. M. Smith, 1945)
* Schistura reticulata Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma, 2004
* Schistura reticulofasciata (A. Singh & Bănărescu, 1982)
* Schistura rikiki Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura robertsi Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura rosammai (N. Sen, 2009)
* Schistura rubrimaculata Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2013
* Schistura rupecula McClelland, 1838
* Schistura russa Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura savona (Hamilton, 1822)
* Schistura scaturigina McClelland, 1839
* Schistura schultzi H. M. (Smith, 1945)
* Schistura scripta Sudasinghe, 2018
* Schistura scyphovecteta Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2013
* Schistura semiarmata (Day, 1867)
* Schistura sertata Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura sexcauda (Fowler, 1937)
* Schistura sexnubes Endruweit, 2014
* Schistura shadiwalensis Mirza & Nalbant, 1981
* Schistura sharavathiensis Sreekantha, Gururaja, Rema Devi, Indra & Ramachandra, 2006
* Schistura shebbearei (Hora, 1935)
* Schistura sigillata Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura sijuensis (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura sikmaiensis (Hora, 1921)
* Schistura similis Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura singhi (Menon, 1987)
* Schistura sirindhornae Suvarnaraksha, 2015 (Crown scaly stream loach)
* Schistura sokolovi Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura sombooni Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura sonarengaensis Mukhim, Sarma, Choudhury, Chandran, Das, Singh, Warbah, Sarkar & Sarma, 2024
* Schistura sonlaensis (V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. Nguyễn & T. T. Hoàng, 2010)
* Schistura spekuli Kottelat, 2004
* Schistura spiesi Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 2003
* Schistura spiloptera (Valenciennes, 1846)
* Schistura spilota (Fowler, 1934)
* Schistura stala Endruweit, 2017
* Schistura striata (Day, 1867)
* Schistura susannae Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura syngkai Choudhury, Mukhim, Dey, Warbah & Sarma, 2019
* Schistura systomos Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura tamduongensis T. H. Nguyễn, X. K. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2009
* Schistura tenebrosa Kangrang Page & Beamish, 2012
* Schistura tenura Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura thanho Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura thavonei Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura tigrina Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma, 2005
* Schistura tirapensis Kottelat, 1990
* Schistura titan Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura tizardi Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura trilineata (Nguyen, Nguyen & Hoang, 2010)
* Schistura tubulinaris Kottelat, 1998
* Schistura udomritthiruji Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2010
* Schistura vinciguerrae (Hora, 1935)
* Schistura waltoni (Fowler, 1937)
* Schistura wanlainensis Kottelat, 2017
* Schistura xhatensis Kottelat, 2000
* Schistura yersini Freyhof & Serov, 2001
* Schistura yingjiangensis (Z.-Q. Zhu, 1982)
* Schistura zonata McClelland, 1839