Schistura sijuensis ( Menon, 1987 )

Kharkongor, Ilona Jacinta, Saikia, Uttam, Khynriam, Dimos & Saikia, Bhaskar, 2023, Current status of faunal diversity of Siju Cave, South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (3), pp. 283-303 : 291

14. Schistura sijuensis ( Menon, 1987)

1987. Noemacheilus sijuensis Menon, Fauna of India, Pisces, 4: 175, pl. 6, Fig. 2 (Type locality: Siju cave, Garo Hills , Meghalaya) .

Material examined: 6 ex., 24.IX.2018. Reg.No. V / F/ NERC / ZSI/4539 , (alt.- 70m; N: 25 ⁰21’03.72” E: 091⁰40’59.57”) , Coll. D. Khynriam & party; 1 ex., 23.III.2018. Reg. No. V / F/ NERC / ZSI/4541 , 1 ex., 22.III.2018. Reg. No. V / F/ NERC / ZSI/4545 , 1 ex., 19.III.2019. Reg. No. V / F/ NERC / ZSI/5049 , (alt.- 60m; N: 25.35098⁰; E: 90.68338⁰) , Coll. U. Saikia & party. 1 ex., 12.XII.2018. Reg.No. V / F/ NERC / ZSI/4931 , 2 ex., 03.I.2020. Reg. No. V / F/ NERC / ZSI/4933 , (alt. 119m;N: 25⁰21.061’; E: 90⁰41.006) , Coll. I.J. Kharkongor & party.

Remarks: As per IUCN, its status is endangered (EN). Endemic to North East India.

Figures

Figure 2. The cave entrance of Siju.