Schistura McClelland [J.] 1838:944, 947 Fem. Cobitis (Schistura) rupecula McClelland 1838. Type by subsequent designation. Apparently first published in late 1838 as above. Also in McClelland 1839:306, 439 [ref. 2923] as a subgenus of Cobitis. Species as rupecula, corrected to rupicola in bound errata sheet in ref. 2923, not valid because this sheet was not included in the original description. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:195 [ref. 2410]. See Chen 1999:304 [ref. 24925]. •Synonym of Noemacheilus Kuhl & van Hasselt 1823, but a valid subgenus Schistura -- (Jayaram 1981:151 [ref. 6497], Menon 1987:37 [ref. 14149]). •Valid as Schistura McClelland 1838 -- (Mirza et al. 1981 [ref. 5390], Kottelat 1989:12 [ref. 13605], Zhu 1989:38 [ref. 17744], Kottelat 1990:21, 90 [ref. 14137], Zhou & Cui 1993:81 [ref. 20830], Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:438 [ref. 23187], Doi 1997:26 [ref. 22832], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:53 [ref. 23556], Nalbant & Bianco 1998:116 [ref. 23810], Kottelat 2000:53 [ref. 35040], Vishwanath & Laisram 2001:204 [ref. 25886], Ataur Rahman 2003:166 [ref. 31338], Vishwanath & Shanta Kumar 2006:210 [ref. 28652], Kottelat et al. 2007:35 [ref. 28942], Proudlove 2006:95 [ref. 28992], Erk'akan et al. 2007:69 [ref. 29026], Ngyyen et al. 2009:1 [ref. 33208], Bohlen & Ŝlechtová 2010:319 [ref. 30687], Hadiaty & Kottelat 2010:45 [ref. 30914], Prokofiev 2010:889 [ref. 31096], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2011:1514 [ref. 31183], Plongsesthee et al. 2011:169 [ref. 31357], Bohlen & Ŝlechtová 2011:1 [ref. 31362], Endruweit 2011:572 [ref. 31621], Ou et al. 2011:193 [ref. 31692], Freyhof et al. 2012:301 [ref. 31752], Lokeshwor et al. 2012:5 [ref. 32001], Zheng et al. 2012:63 [ref. 32070], Kungrang et al. 2012:69 [ref. 32324], Suvarnaraksha 2012:131 [ref. 32327], Chen & Neely 2012:222 [ref. 32332], Loheshwar et al. 2012:255 [232337], Kottelat 2012:104 [ref. 32367], Ma & Zhao 2012:111 [ref. 34891], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2013:1 [ref. 32463], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2013:49 [ref. 32801], Bohlen & Ŝlechtová 2013.89 [ref. 32798], Bohlen & Ŝlechtová 2013:21 [ref. 32804], Lalronunga et al. 2013:583 [ref. 32927], Lokeshwor & Vishwanath 2013:561 [ref. 32971], Plongsesthee et al. 2013:171 [ref. 33012], Kottelat 2013:203 [ref. 32989], Bohlen et al. 2014:21 [ref. 33197], Endruweit 2014:59 [ref. 33202], Bohlen & Ŝlechtová 2014:217 [ref. 33238], Shangningam et al. 2014:181 [ref. 33318], Endruweit 2014:353 [ref. 33494], Solo et al. 2014:253 [ref. 33517], Lokeshway & Vishwanath 2014:[1] [ref. 33603], Lalramliana et al. 2014:205 [ref. 33628], Suvarnaraksha 2015:158 [ref. 33813], Bohlen et al. 2016:353 [ref. 34366], Freyhof et al. 2016:75 [ref. 34414], Zhang et al. 2016:131 [ref. 34477], Segherloo et al. 2016:474 [ref. 34639], Endruweit et al. 2016:594 [ref. 34743], Endruweit 2017:394 [ref. 35191], Endruweit 2017:144 [ref. 35362], Kottelat 2017:1 [ref. 35482], Kottelat 2017:9 [ref. 35483], Kottelat 2017:65 [ref. 35486], Kottelat 2017:44 [ref. 35502], Kottelat 2017:341 [ref. 35511], Kottelat 2017:395 [ref. 35532], Sudasinghe 2017:96 [ref. 35539], Prokofiev 2017:137 [ref. 35630], Endruweit 2017:585 [ref. 35662], Kottelat 2017:691 [ref. 35677], Choudhury et al. 2017:89 [ref. 35681], Cao & Zhang 2018:125 [ref. 36108], Çiçek et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36267], Ho et al. 2018:142 [ref. 35841], Kottelat 2018:296 [ref. 36206], Sudasinghe 2018:478 [ref. 35942], Choudhury et al. 2019:40 [ref. 36483], Choudhury et al. 2019:185 [ref. 37121], Praveenraj et al. 2020:49 [ref. 37848], Chen et al. 2020:86 [ref. 38014], Kottelat 2023:520 [ref. 40452], Dvořák et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40537]). Current status: Valid as Schistura McClelland 1838. Nemacheilidae.