Schistura reticulofasciata

Schistura reticulofasciata is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in streams with pebble beds in the Jaintia Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya, India, part of the drainage of the Brahmaputra. It is traded in the aquarium trade and it is thought to be collected for this trade unsustainably and may also be threatened by habitat loss caused by deforestation.[1]

Schistura reticulofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. reticulofasciata
Binomial name
Schistura reticulofasciata
(A. Singh & Bănărescu, 1982)[2]
Synonyms
  • Mesonoemacheilus reticulofasciatus Singh & Banarescu, 1982
  • Nemacheilus reticulofasciatus (Singh & Banarescu, 1982)
  • Noemacheilus reticulofasciatus (Singh & Banarescu, 1982)

References
  1. Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura reticulofasciata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168499A6503176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168499A6503176.en. Downloaded on 21 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (- 2017). "Schistura reticulofasciata" in FishBase. October - 2017 version.


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