Schistura sijuensis

Schistura sijuensis is a cave-dwelling, freshwater species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.

The Schistura sijuensis lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

Schistura sijuensis is a cave-dwelling, freshwater species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family. It is found only in India. Source - * Kottelat, M. 1996. Schistura sijuensis. More

•Valid as Schistura sijuensis (Menon 1987) - (Romero & Paulson 2001:21 , Proudlove 2006:95 ). Current status: Valid as Schistura sijuensis (Menon 1987) Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae. Distribution: Meghalaya, India. Habitat: freshwater. More

of cave fish, Schistura sijuensis (Menon), a new species of loach has been discovered in the cave. The cave has now been explored and surveyed to a length of almost five kilometres, and is often called Indias third longest. More

Common names

Mřenska sijunská in Czech (česky)
Schistura sijuensis in Catalan (Català)
錫朱條鰍 in Mandarin Chinese
鍚朱南鰍 in Mandarin Chinese
钖朱南鳅 in Mandarin Chinese
锡朱条鳅 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Balitoridae
Genus : Schistura
Species : Schistura sijuensis
Authority : Menon, 1987