Neolissochilus Explained

Neolissochilus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to freshwater habitats in Asia that are often grouped with the mahseers. The largest reach up to in length, but most species are much smaller.

Species

There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:

Notes and References

  1. Arunachalam, M., Sivakumar, P. & Murugan, M. (2017): Descriptions of five new species of Neolissochilus Rainboth, 1985 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from streams/rivers of the Western Ghats, peninsular India. FishTaxa, 2 (1): 1-27.
  2. Dahanukar . Neelesh . Sundar . Remya L. . Rangad . Duwaki . Proudlove . Graham . Raghavan . Rajeev . 2023-06-02 . The world's largest cave fish from Meghalaya, Northeast India, is a new species, Neolissochilus pnar (Cyprinidae, Torinae) . Vertebrate Zoology . en . 73 . 141–152 . 10.3897/vz.73.e101011 . 2625-8498. free .
  3. Scharpf, C. . 2015 . The authorship of Neolissochilus soro (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): a correction to Khaironizam et al. (2015) . Zootaxa. 3986 . 4. 499–500. 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.4.10 . 26250205 .