montana, Schistura McClelland [J.] 1838:947, Pl. 55 (fig. 1) [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 7 (for Nov. 1838); ref. 2924] Mountain streams of Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Possible syntypes: BMNH 1860.3.19.118-119 (2). See also McClelland 1839:307, 440, and Pl. 57 (fig. 1) [ref. 2923]. •Valid as Nemacheilus montanus (McClelland 1838) -- (Menon 1987:78 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:489 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:174 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus, Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662] as Noemacheilus). •Valid as Schistura montana McClelland 1838 -- (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:440 [ref. 23187], Kullander et al. 1999:153 [ref. 23689], Kottelat 2012:113 [ref. 32367], Khynrian & Sen 2014:18 [ref. 33853], Freyhof et al. 2016:75 [ref. 34414], Bleher 2018:222 [ref. 36647]). •Valid as Paraschistura montana (McClelland 1838) -- (Prokofiev 2009:892 [ref. 30604]). Current status: Valid as Paraschistura montana (McClelland 1838). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Himalaya Foothills, Assam, Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh, India. Habitat: freshwater.