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Paraschistura

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Paraschistura is a genus of stone loaches most of which occur in Central, South and Western Asia.^[1]

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.
^ Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2015). "Paraschistura delvarii spec. nov. – a new species of stone loach from the Persian Gulf basin, southern Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 65 (3): 297–303.
^ Vatandoust, S. & Eagderi, S. (2015): Paraschistura ilamensis, a new species of loach from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 3 (3): 177-182.
^ Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Roudbar, A.J. & Eagderi, S. (2015): Taxonomic Status of the Genus Paraschistura (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Hari River Basin, with Re-validation of P. turcomana. Journal of Applied Biological Sciences, 9 (3): 1-5.