alta, Schistura Nalbant [T. T.] & Bianco [P. G.] 1998:118, Fig. 21 [Italian Journal of Zoology v. 65, Suppl.; ref. 23810] Helmand river drainage, northeast of Girisk, Kajkai, Afghanistan. Holotype: ZMC P 27115. Paratypes: ISBB uncat. (1), ZMC P 27116 (1). •Valid as Schistura alta Nalbant & Bianco 1998 -- (Kottelat 2012:105 [ref. 32367]). •Valid as Paraschistura alta (Nalbant & Bianco 1998) -- (Freyhof et al. 2015:46 [ref. 33865], Esmaeili et al. 2017:70 [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. 2020:189 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40326], Çiçek et al. 2024:98 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Paraschistura alta (Nalbant & Bianco 1998). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Middle East and South Asia: Helmand River basin (Afghanistan) and Sistan-and-Baluchestan Provinces (Iran). Habitat: freshwater.