title: Two new species of stone loaches of the genus Schistura from the Koladyne basin, Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Cobitoidei: Nemacheilidae).
abstract: Two new species of Schistura are described from the Koladyne basin of Mizoram, India. Schistura nebeshwari is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: a prominent dorsal adipose crest on the caudal peduncle, 11-14 dark olivaceous bars on the body, the entire ventral surface of head with numerous small melanophores, an incomplete lateral line, three black spots at the dorsal-fin base, a complete prominent black basicaudal bar, lower jaw with a shallow median notch, and no suborbital flaps in males. Schistura scyphovecteta differs from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: six dark brown saddles, each one continuing to the flank, forming globular-shaped bars overlaying a background brown stripe along the lateral line, a complete lateral line, two black spots at the dorsal-fin base, an incomplete black basicaudal bar, no median notch on the lower jaw, and a suborbital flap present in males.
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: lokeyum24@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lokeshwor
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: wvnath@gmail.com.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vishwanath
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D045483:Rivers; D013045:Species Specificity