| Neolissochilus | |
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| Neolissochilus stracheyi | |
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| Neolissochilus hexastichus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Torinae |
| Genus: | Neolissochilus Rainboth, 19851 |
| Type species | |
| Barbus stracheyi Day, 1871
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| Synonyms | |
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Lissochilus Weber & de Beaufort 1916 (preoccupied) | |
Neolissochilus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to freshwater habitats in Asia that are often grouped with the mahseers. The largest reach up to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) in length, but most species are much smaller.2
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:3
- Neolissochilus acutirostris Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017
- Neolissochilus baoshanensis (X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 1999) (Baoshan)
- Neolissochilus benasi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)
- Neolissochilus blanci (Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940)
- Neolissochilus blythii (Day, 1870)
- Neolissochilus capudelphinus Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017
- Neolissochilus compressus (Day, 1870)
- Neolissochilus dukai (Day, 1878)
- Neolissochilus hemispinus (X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 1985).
- Neolissochilus hendersoni (Herre, 1940)
- Neolissochilus heterostomus (Chen & Yang, 1999)
- Neolissochilus hexagonolepis (McClelland 1839) (Copper mahseer or Katli)
- Neolissochilus hexastichus (McClelland, 1839)
- Neolissochilus kaladanensis Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Kumar & Singh, 2019
- Neolissochilus longipinnis (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
- Neolissochilus micropthalmus Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017
- Neolissochilus minimus Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017
- Neolissochilus nigrovittatus (Boulenger, 1893)
- Neolissochilus paucisquamatus (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Neolissochilus pnar Dahanukar, Sundar, Rangad, Proudlove & Raghavan, 2023
- Neolissochilus qiaojiensis (H. W. Wu, 1977)4
- Neolissochilus soro (Valenciennes, 1842)
- Neolissochilus soroides (Duncker, 1904) (Soro brook varp)
- Neolissochilus spinulosus (McClelland, 1845) (Spinulosus mahseer)
- Neolissochilus stevensonii (Day, 1870)
- Neolissochilus stracheyi (Day, 1871)
- Neolissochilus subterraneus Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 2003 (Cave brook carp)
- Neolissochilus sumatranus (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
- Neolissochilus tamiraparaniensis Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017
- Neolissochilus thienemanni (Ahl 1933) (Ihan)
- Neolissochilus vittatus (H. M. Smith, 1945)
- Neolissochilus wynaadensis (Day, 1873) (Wayanad mahseer)
The following cladogram is based on a phylogenetic tree rendered by maximum likelihood analysis of the first concatenated dataset from a 2024 study, with undescribed species being left unnamed or marked with cf.:5
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References
References
- Rainboth, W. J. 1985. Neolissochilus, a new group of South Asia Cyprinid fishes. Beaufortia. 35(3): 25–35.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neolissochilus". FishBase. October 2016 version.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Neolissochilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- Bailly N (ed.). "Neolissochilus qiaojiensis (Wu, 1977)". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-03-22.
- Wu, Ling; Qin, Tao; Hoang, Huy Duc; Oo, Thaung Naing; Wang, Xiao-Ai; Chen, Xiao-Yong (4 September 2024). "Molecular Systematics and Divergence of Tor and Neolissochilus Fishes (Cypriniforms: Cyprinidae) from Southeast Asia and South China". Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 5662867. doi:10.1155/2024/5662867.