Schistura savona

Schistura savona
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Schistura
Species:	S. savona
Binomial name
	Schistura savona; (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
	Cobitis savona Hamilton, 1822; Nemacheilus savona (Hamilton, 1822); Noemacheilus savona (Hamilton, 1822); Cobites obscura Swainson, 1839; Acoura obscura (Swainson, 1839);

Schistura savona is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura.It is found along the eastern Himalaya in the Tista drainage at Darjeeling through Nepal, to Ghaghara and Kali drainages in Uttar Pradesh where it occurs in fast flowing hill streams with gravel beds.^[1] The specific name savona is a latinisation and contraction of the Bengali name for this species savon khorka.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura savona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166545A6233668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166545A6233668.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Schistura savona" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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