Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae Brook loaches

Genus: Mustura

(See list of species below)



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18 species
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Mustura bella Asia 3.9 SL 1990
Mustura celata Asia 2018
Mustura chhimtuipuiensis Asia 4.1 SL 2016
Mustura chindwinensis Asia 4.5 SL 2012
Mustura daral Asia 7.0 SL 2022
Mustura dikrongensis Asia 5.2 SL 2012
Mustura harkishorei Asia 5.3 SL 2017
Mustura maepaiensis Asia 5.2 SL 1990
Mustura prashadi Asia 6.5 SL 1921
Mustura shanensis Asia 5.2 SL 1929
Mustura shuensis Asia 3.9 SL 2014
Mustura subhashi Asia 2021
Mustura taretensis Asia 6.4 TL 2021
Mustura tigrina Asia 7.4 SL 2012
Mustura tuivaiensis Asia 4.6 SL 2012
Mustura walongensis Asia 5.6 SL 2016
Mustura yangi Asia 5.6 SL 2022
Mustura yunnaniloides Asia 2011



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