Schistura chindwinica

Schistura chindwinica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Schistura
Species:	S. chindwinica
Binomial name
	Schistura chindwinica; (Tilak & Husain, 1990)[1]
Synonyms
	Nemacheilus chindwinicus Tilak & Husain, 1990

Schistura chindwinica is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. This species has been recorded from only two streams in the drainage of the Brahmaputra in Manipur. The species is threatened by siltation caused by slash and burn agriculture and the proposed building of a dam with will flood some of the waterways it occurs in.[2]

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schistura chindwinica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura chindwinica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168401A6485750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168401A6485750.en. Downloaded on 09 January 2018.

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[1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schistura chindwinica" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

[IUCN-2] Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura chindwinica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168401A6485750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168401A6485750.en. Downloaded on 09 January 2018.