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Nemacheilidae

Schistura reticulofasciata

Schistura reticulofasciata

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South Asia
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

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.

Maximum length
6.1 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
Asia: Brahmaputra basin in Jaintia Hills Meghalaya, India.
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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