Physoschistura Explained

Physoschistura is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found mostly in Southeast Asia.^[1]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

• Physoschistura absumbra Endruweit, 2017
• Physoschistura brunneana (Annandale, 1918)
• Physoschistura chindwinensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2012 ^[2]
• Physoschistura chulabhornae Suvarnaraksha, 2013 ^[3]
• Physoschistura dikrongensis Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2012 ^[4]
• Physoschistura elongata N. Sen & Nalbant, 1982
• Physoschistura mango Conway & Kottelat, 2023^[5] (Rosy loach)
• Physoschistura pseudobrunneana Kottelat, 1990
• Physoschistura raoi (Hora, 1929)
• Physoschistura rivulicola (Hora, 1929)
• Physoschistura shanensis (Hora, 1929)
• Physoschistura tigrinum Lokeshwor & Vishwanath, 2012 ^[6]
• Physoschistura tuivaiensis Lokeshwor, Vishwanath & Shanta, 2012 ^[7]
• Physoschistura yunnaniloides Chen, Kottelat & Neely, 2011

Notes and References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
2. Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Physoschistura chindwinensis, a new balitorid loach from Chindwin basin, Manipur, India (Teleostei: Balitoridae). Ichthyological Research, 59 (3): 230-234.
3. Suvarnaraksha, A. (2013): A new species of Physoschistura (Pisces: Nemacheilidae) from northern Thailand. Zootaxa, 3736 (3): 236–248.
4. Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): Physoschistura dikrongensis, a new loach from Arunachal Pradesh, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 3586: 249–254.
5. Kevin W. Conway and Maurice Kottelat. 2023. Physoschistura mango, A New miniature Species of Loach from Myanmar (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY. 71; 681–701
6. Lokeshwor, Y. & Vishwanath, W. (2012): A new loach of the genus Physoschistura Bănărescu & Nalbant (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Chindwin basin, Manipur, India. Zootaxa, 3586: 95–102.
7. Lokeshwor, Y., Vishwanath, W. & Shanta, K. (2012): Physoschistura tuivaiensis, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the Tuivai River, Manipur, India. Taprobanica, 4 (1): 5-11.