Schistura McClelland [J.] 1838:944, 947 [ref. 2924]. Fem. Cobitis rupecula McClelland 1838. Type by subsequent designation. Apparently first published in late 1838 as above. Also in McClelland 1839:306, 439 [ref. 2923]. Species as rupecula, corrected to rupicola in bound errata sheet in ref. 2923. Type apparently first designated by Jordan 1919:195 [ref. 2410]. See Chen 1999:304 [ref. 24925]. •Synonym of Noemacheilus Kuhl & van Hasselt 1823, but a valid subgenus -- (Jayaram 1981:151 [ref. 6497], Menon 1987:37 [ref. 14149]). •Valid as Schistura McClelland 1838 -- (Mirza et al. 1981 [ref. 5390], Kottelat 1989:12 [ref. 13605], Zhu 1989:38 [ref. 17744], Kottelat 1990:21, 90 [ref. 14137], Zhou & Cui 1993:81 [ref. 20830], Banarescu & Nalbant 1995:438 [ref. 23187], Doi 1997:26 [ref. 22832], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:53 [ref. 23556], Nalbant & Bianco 1998:116 [ref. 23810], Kottelat 2000:53 [ref. 35040], Vishwanath & Laisram 2001:204 [ref. 25886], Vishwanath & Shanta Kumar 2006:210 [ref. 28652], Kottelat et al. 2007:35 [ref. 28942], Proudlove 2006:95 [ref. 28992], Erk'akan et al. 2007:69 [ref. 29026], Bohlen & Ŝlechtová 2010:319 [ref. 30687], Hadiaty & Kottelat 2010:45 [ref. 30914]). Current status: Schistura McClelland 1838. Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae.