''Paraschistura'' is a

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of stone loaches most of which occur in

Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

and

Western Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...

.Kottelat, M. (2012)
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Paraschistura abdolii ''Paraschistura'' is a genus of stone loaches most of which occur in Central, South and Western Asia.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''The Raffles Bulletin ...

'' Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 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.'' * '' Paraschistura alepidota'' (

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& Bănărescu, 1970) * '' Paraschistura alta'' (

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& Bianco, 1998) * '' Paraschistura aredvii'' Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 * '' Paraschistura bampurensis'' ( A. M. Nikolskii, 1900) * ''

Paraschistura chrysicristinae ''Paraschistura chrysicristinae'', the Diyarbakır loach or Batman River loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Paraschistura''. It was recorded from two locations from the Batman River (a tributary of the upper Tigris in Turkey) in ...

'' (

, 1998) * '' Paraschistura cristata'' ( L. S. Berg, 1898) (Turkmenian crested loach) * '' Paraschistura delvarii'' Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi, 2015 * '' Paraschistura hormuzensis'' Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 * '' Paraschistura ilamensis'' Vatandoust & Eagderi, 2015 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.'' * '' Paraschistura kessleri'' ( Günther, 1889) (Kessler's loach) * '' Paraschistura lepidocaulis'' (

, 1981) * '' Paraschistura lindbergi'' ( Bănărescu &

, 1965) * '' Paraschistura microlabra'' (

, 1981) * '' Paraschistura montana'' McClelland, 1838 * '' Paraschistura naseeri'' (N. ud-D. Ahmad &

, 1963) * '' Paraschistura naumanni'' Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 * '' Paraschistura nielseni'' (

& Bianco, 1998) * '' Paraschistura pasatigris'' Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 * '' Paraschistura prashari'' ( Hora, 1933) * '' Paraschistura punjabensis'' ( Hora, 1923) * '' Paraschistura susiani'' Freyhof, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili & Geiger, 2015 * '' Paraschistura turcmenica'' ( L. S. Berg, 1932) * '' Paraschistura turcomana'' ( G. V. Nikolskii, 1947) 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.''

References

Nemacheilidae Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky {{Nemacheilidae-stub