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Paraschistura cristata

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Turkmenian crested loach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paraschistura
Species:
P. cristata
Binomial name
Paraschistura cristata
(L. S. Berg, 1898)
Synonyms

Metaschistura cristata Berg, 1898 [1]

Paraschistura cristata also known as the Turkmenian crested loach is a species of stone loach found only in freshwater streams of Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan in Central Asia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Freyhof, J., Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R. & Geiger, M. (2015): Review of the genus Paraschistura from Iran with description of six new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 1-48.