Nemacheilidae

Spotback loach

Schistura notostigma

Six Point Three Centimeters Loach

• Tropical
• Local endemic species
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Schistura notostigma, the spotback loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura, distributed in peninsula of India and Sri Lanka. Until 2017, it was thought to be the only species of Schistura stone loach found in Sri Lanka before a new species Schistura madhavai, was described.