Nemacheilidae

Maejo tiger stream loach

Schistura maejotigrina

Loach Reaching Five Point Three Centimeters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Schistura maejotigrina is a species of stone loach, a freshwater fish, from northern Thailand. The species was first described in 2012. From the Ping River drainage in the northern Chao Phraya River basin, fish of about 5 cm length were found in a stream near a waterfall and terraced rice fields.