sijuensis, Noemacheilus Menon [A. G. K.] 1987:175, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Pisces. Vol. IV; ref. 14149] Siju cave, about 25°25'N, 90°30'E [?25°21'N, 90°41'E], Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India. Holotype: SRS/ZSI F570. Paratypes: SRS/ZSI F571 (14). Genus is correctly Nemacheilus. Listed as Noemacheilus Mesonoemachilus sijuensis on plate caption. See Das 2003:367 [ref. 27706]. •Valid as Nemacheilus sijuensis Menon 1987 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:503 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:550 [ref. 23778], Menon 1999:185 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus, Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662] as Noemacheilus). •Valid as Schistura sijuensis (Menon 1987) -- (Romero & Paulson 2001:21 [ref. 26040], Proudlove 2006:95 [ref. 28992], Lokeshwor et al. 2012:262 [ref. 32337], Kottelat 2012:118 [ref. 32367], Lokeshwor et al. 2013:588 [ref. 32764], Khynrian & Sen 2014:26 [ref. 33853], Shangningam et al. 2014:190 [ref. 33318], Solo et al. 2014:259 [ref. 33517], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2014:[6] [ref. 33603], Choudhury et al. 2017:99 [ref. 35681], Choudhury et al. 2019:50 [ref. 36483]). Current status: Valid as Schistura sijuensis (Menon 1987). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Barak-Meghna-Surma system, Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, India. Habitat: freshwater.
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