cristatus, Nemacheilus Berg [L. S.] 1898:19 [5], Fig. [Dnevn. Zool. Otdel. Obsh. Zool. Mus. v. 2 (no. 7); ref. 14676] Tedzhen River near Ashgabat [Askhabad], Turkmenistan. Syntypes: (many) ISBR 996 (2), ZIN 11055 (1), ZMMU P-2555 (59). On p. 5 of separate. •Valid as Nemacheilus cristatus Berg 1898 -- (Berg 1949:886 [ref. 20661] as Nemachilus, Coad 1981:14 [ref. 22348] as Noemacheilus, Coad 1995:22 [ref. 23608], Coad 1996:71 [ref. 25297], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Coad & Abdoli 2000:56 [ref. 25296]) •Valid as Schistura cristata (Berg 1898) -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:442 [ref. 23187], Nalbant & Bianco 1998:118 [ref. 23810], Nalbant 1998:373 [ref. 26011]). •Valid as Metaschistura cristata (Berg 1898) -- (Prokofiev 2009:893 [ref. 30604], Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Prokofiev 2017:270 [ref. 35630]). •Valid as Paraschistura cristata (Berg 1898) -- (Freyhof et al. 2015:10 [ref. 33865], Mousavi-Sabet & Eagderi 2015:299 [ref. 34027], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:887 [ref. 34062], Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015:2 [ref. 34063], Azimi et al. 2015:290 [ref. 35410], Esmaeili et al. 2017:71 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:50 [ref. 36089], Sayyadzadeh et al. 2019:581 [ref. 36833], Eagderi et al. 2019:265 [ref. 36967], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:192 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2023:12 [ref. 40326], Çiçek et al. 2024:99 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Paraschistura cristata (Berg 1898). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Middle East, North Asia and South Asia: Hari River basin (Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan). Habitat: freshwater.