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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae Brook loaches

Genus: Physoschistura

(See list of species below)



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13 species
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Physoschistura absumbra Asia 4.4 SL 2017
Physoschistura brunneana Asia 4.5 SL 1918
Physoschistura chindwinensis Asia 4.5 SL 2012
Physoschistura chulabhornae Asia 4.0 SL 2013
Physoschistura dikrongensis Asia 5.2 SL 2012
Physoschistura elongata Asia 5 TL 1982
Physoschistura pseudobrunneana Asia 10 NG 1990
Physoschistura raoi Asia 3.4 SL 1929
Physoschistura rivulicola Asia 5.1 SL 1929
Physoschistura shanensis Asia 5.2 SL 1929
Physoschistura tigrinum Asia 7.4 SL 2012
Physoschistura tuivaiensis Asia 4.6 SL 2012
Physoschistura yunnaniloides Asia 2011



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