Nemacheilidae

Stone loach

Schistura rupecula

Eight Point Five Centimeters Loach of the Indian Ocean

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• South Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

Schistura rupecula is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is distributed through the eastern Himalayas from North Bengal through Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh in India and into Nepal. Its habitat is hill streams with pebbly stream beds while adults are often found in shallow water riffles and spring pools.