title: Schistura paucireticulata, a new loach from Tuirial River, Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
abstract: Schistura paucireticulata, new species, is described from the Tuirial River in Mizoram, India. It is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters: 8-9 brown bars on the body, bars in front of the dorsal fin divided into 2-3 small bars forming a reticulations; basicaudal bar black, dissociated; dorsal fin spotted, with 4 simple and 8 1/2 branched rays; anal fin with 3 simple and 6 branched rays; lateral line complete; caudal fin deeply emarginated with 9 + 8 branched rays; well developed axillary pelvic lobe; and caudal fin with numerous black spots arranged in 3-4 bars.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lokeshwor
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vishwanath
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kosygin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003531:Cypriniformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity