| Turkmenian crested loach | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Paraschistura |
| Species: | P. cristata |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraschistura cristata (L. S. Berg, 1898) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Metaschistura cristata Berg, 1898 | |
Paraschistura cristata also known as the Turkmenian crested loach is a species of stone loach found only in freshwater streams of Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan in Central Asia.
References
- ^ Freyhof, J., Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R. & Geiger, M. (2015): Review of the genus Paraschistura from Iran with description of six new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 1-48.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Metaschistura cristata | |
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