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Rhyacoschistura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Rhyacoschistura
Kottelat, 2019
Type species
Rhyacoschistura suber
( Kottelat, 2000)
Species

2, see text

Rhyacoschistura is a genus of stone loaches from Laos. It was described in 2019 to accommodate a new species, R. larreci. Additionally, Rhyacoschistura suber was redescribed with new adult specimens and was moved to Rhyacoschistura from Schistura. [1]

Species

There are currently two described species in the genus: [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kottelat, Maurice (2019-05-29). "Rhyacoschistura larreci, a new genus and species of loach from Laos and redescription of R. suber (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4612 (2): 151–170. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.1. ISSN  1175-5334. PMID  31717063.