Paraschistura is a genus of stone loaches most of which occur in Central, South and Western Asia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Paraschistura Prokofiev, 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Nemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii, 1900
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| Synonyms | |
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Metaschistura Prokofiev, 2009 | |
Species
editThere are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Paraschistura abdolii Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 [3]
- Paraschistura alepidota (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970)
- Paraschistura alta (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998) [3]
- Paraschistura aredvii Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 [3]
- Paraschistura bampurensis (A. M. Nikolskii, 1900)
- Paraschistura chrysicristinae (Nalbant, 1998) (Batman loach)
- Paraschistura cristata (L. S. Berg, 1898) (Turkmenian crested loach) [3]
- Paraschistura delvarii Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi, 2015 [4] (Delvari's loach)
- Paraschistura hormuzensis Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 [3]
- Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015 [5]
- Paraschistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) (Kessler's loach)
- Paraschistura lepidocaulis (Mirza & Nalbant, 1981)
- Paraschistura lindbergi (Bănărescu & Mirza, 1965)
- Paraschistura microlabra (Mirza & Nalbant, 1981)
- Paraschistura montana McClelland, 1838
- Paraschistura naseeri (N. ud-D. Ahmad & Mirza, 1963)
- Paraschistura naumanni Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 [3]
- Paraschistura nielseni (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)
- Paraschistura pasatigris Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 [3]
- Paraschistura prashari (Hora, 1933)
- Paraschistura punjabensis (Hora, 1923)
- Paraschistura susiani Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 [3]
- Paraschistura turcmenica (L. S. Berg, 1932) [3]
- Paraschistura turcomana (G. V. Nikolskii, 1947) [6]
References
edit- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraschistura". FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Freyhof, J., Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R. & Geiger, M. (2015): Review of the genus Paraschistura from Iran with description of six new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 1-48.
- ^ Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2015). "Paraschistura delvarii spec. nov. – a new species of stone loach from the Persian Gulf basin, southern Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 65 (3): 297–303.
- ^ Vatandoust, S. & Eagderi, S. (2015): Paraschistura ilamensis, a new species of loach from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 3 (3): 177-182.
- ^ Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Roudbar, A.J. & Eagderi, S. (2015): Taxonomic Status of the Genus Paraschistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Hari River Basin, with Re-validation of P. turcomana. Journal of Applied Biological Sciences, 9 (3): 1-5.
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