Conspectus cobitidum - Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research

stan: Balochistan: Zhob City [formerly Fort Sandeman;
31°21'N 69°27'E] on Zhob River; holotype: ISBB 3775;
noun in genitive, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Menon (1987: 68) listed S. curtistigma,
S. macrolepis and S. afasciata as synonyms of S. arifi, without
discussion. This is not followed. See under the respective
species.
10.34.14 Schistura athos Kottelat, 2000
Schistura athos Kottelat, 2000: 55, fig. 26 (type locality:
Laos: Louangphabang Province: Houay Houn, about
3 km upstream of Ban Houay Lek, in gorges, Mekong
drainage; approx. 20°32'32"N 102°40'51"E; holotype:
ZRC 45325; noun in apposition, indeclinable)
Oreias punctatus Nguyen, 2005: 570, fig. 15 (type locality:
Vietnam: Dien Bien Province: Dien Bien district: Nua
Ngam, Nam Ngam stream, Mekong drainage; holotype:
NCNTTSI; adjective, -us, -a, -um)
10.34.15 Schistura atra Kottelat, 1998
Schistura atra Kottelat, 1998a: 69, fig. 107 (type locality:
Laos: Khammouan Province: Nam Theun basin: Upper
Nam Theun at 17°59'31"N 105°27'49"E, Mekong drainage;
holotype: ZRC 41792; adjective, ater, atra, atrum)
10.34.16 Schistura aurantiaca Plongsesthee, Page &
Beamish, 2011
Schistura aurantiaca Plongsesthee, Page & Beamish, 2011:
170, figs. 1–2 (type locality: Thailand: Kanchanaburi
Province: Thong Pha Phum, Mae Khlong basin, Kwai
Noi River system, Khayeng River at bridge on Route
3272, 14°39'35"N 98°32'01"E; holotype: UF 178532;
adjective, -us, -a, -um)
10.34.17 Schistura bachmaensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001
Schistura bachmaensis Freyhof & Serov, 2001: 143, figs. 11–
12 (type locality: Vietnam: Thua Thien Hue Province:
stream Suoi Voi at Thua Luu, 55 km south of Hue;
16°14.58'N 107°59.39'E; holotype: ZFMK 27942; adjective,
-is, -is, -e)
10.34.18 Schistura bairdi Kottelat, 2000
Schistura bairdi Kottelat, 2000: 55, fig. 27 (type locality:
Laos: Champasak Province: Mekong mainstream at Ban
Hang Khone below Khone Falls; holotype: ZRC 45327;
noun in genitive, indeclinable)
10.34.19 Schistura balteata (Rendahl, 1948)
Nemacheilus balteatus Rendahl, 1948: 42, figs. 20–22 (type
locality: Burma: Tenasserim: Malwedaung; holotype:
NRM 14741; adjective, -us, -a, -um)
10.34.20 Schistura baluchiorum (Zugmayer, 1912)
Nemachilus baluchiorum Zugmayer, 1912: 599 (type locality:
Pakistan: Balochistan: Panjgur [26°58'00"N
64°05'60"E]; syntypes [13]: ZSM [12, lost; pers. obs.],
NMW 19851 [1], Neumann, 2006: 267; noun in genitive,
indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Treated as synonym of Paraschistura
bampurensis by Nalbant & Bianco (1999: 118), without ex-
Kottelat: Conspectus cobitidum
106
planation. Retained in Schistura following Prokofiev (2009b:
892).
10.34.21 Schistura bannaensis Chen, Yang & Qi, 2005
Schistura bannaensis Chen, Yang & Qi, 2005: 147, fig. 1
(type locality: China: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna: Mengla
County: Nanla River drainage; holotype: KIZ 200107;
adjective, -is, -is, -e)
10.34.22 Schistura beavani (Günther, 1868)
Nemachilus beavani Günther, 1868: 350 (type locality: India:
Kossye River; holotype: BMNH 1867.5.12.35; noun
in genitive, indeclinable)
10.34.23 Schistura bella Kottelat, 1990
Schistura bella Kottelat, 1990a: 104, fig. 72 (type locality:
Thailand: Chiang Mai Province: Mae Nam Fang, 35 km
south of Fang on road to Chiang Mai, Mekong drainage;
holotype: ZRC 38465 [ex ZSM 27473]; adjective, -us,
-a, -um)
10.34.24 Schistura bhimachari (Hora, 1937)
Nemachilus bhimachari Hora, 1937: 13, fig. 5 (type locality:
India: Karnataka: Tunga River at Shimoga
[13°55'00"N 75°34'00"E]; holotype: ZSI F 12178/1,
Menon & Yazdani, 1968: 122; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Treated as synonym of S. striata by Menon
(1987: 113), which I do not follow. The figure of
S. striata in Day (1878a: pl. 153 fig. 8, reproduced by Menon,
1987: pl. 5 fig. 1) shows a fish with much more slender
body, elongated caudal peduncle, slightly emarginate caudal
fin (vs. deeply forked) than the figure of S. bhimachari
in Hora (1937: 13).
10.34.25 Schistura bolavenensis Kottelat, 2000
Schistura bolavenensis Kottelat, 2000: 56, fig. 28 (type locality:
Laos: Champasak Province: Huay Makchan-Gnai (Xe
Nam Noy basin), south of Ban Taot, at turnoff to Xe Nam
Noy Project, on road from Pakse to Attapu, Mekong
drainage; 15°04'14"N 106°32'33"E; holotype: ZRC
45328; adjective, -is, -is, -e)
10.34.26 Schistura breviceps (Smith, 1945)
Noemacheilus breviceps Smith, 1945: 308, fig. 63 (type locality:
Thailand: Chiang Mai Province: Menam Mao, a tributary
of Menam Fang, an affluent of Mekong; holotype:
USNM 177751; compound adjective, indeclinable)
10.34.27 Schistura bucculenta (Smith, 1945)
Noemacheilus bucculentus Smith, 1945: 326, fig. 74 (type
locality: Laos: Huey Nam Puat at Ban Nam Puat [Mekong
drainage]; holotype: USNM 107942; adjective, -us, -a, -um)
10.34.28 Schistura callichroma (Zhu & Wang, 1985)
Noemacheilus callichromus Zhu & Wang, 1985: 214, figs.
13–17 (type locality: China: Yunnan: Jingdong County:
Babianjiang River [Red River drainage], 24°20'N
100°10'E; holotype: NGI 810233; compound adjective,
-us, -a, -um])