Paraschistura is a genus of stone loaches most of which occur in Central, South and Western Asia.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.
Species These are the currently recognized species in this genus: Paraschistura abdolii Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 Paraschistura alepidota (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970) Paraschistura alta (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998) Paraschistura aredvii Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 Paraschistura bampurensis (Nikolskii, 1900) Paraschistura chrysicristinae (Nalbant, 1998) (Batman loach) Paraschistura cristata (Berg, 1898) (Turkmenian crested loach) Paraschistura delvarii Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi, 2015 (Delvari's loach) Paraschistura hormuzensis Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 Paraschistura ilamensis Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015 Paraschistura kermanensis Sayyadzadeh, Teimori & Esmaeili, 2019 Paraschistura kessleri (Günther, 1889) (Kessler's loach) Paraschistura lepidocaulis (Mirza & Nalbant, 1981) Paraschistura lindbergi (Bănărescu & Mirza, 1965) Paraschistura makranensis Eagderi, Mousavi-Sabet & Freyhof, 2019 Paraschistura microlabra (Mirza & Nalbant, 1981) Paraschistura montana (McClelland, 1838) Paraschistura naseeri (N. D. Ahmad & Mirza, 1963) Paraschistura naumanni Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 Paraschistura nielseni (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998) Paraschistura pakistanica (Mirza & Bănărescu, 1969) Paraschistura prashari (Hora 1933) Paraschistura punjabensis (Hora, 1923) Paraschistura susiani Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 Paraschistura turcmenica (Berg, 1932) Paraschistura turcomana (Nikolskij, 1947)
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