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	<commonName xml:lang='cs'>Mřenka bojovná</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Dorsalstich-Plattschmerle</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='de'>Orangefleck-Bachschmerle</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Banded mountain loach</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Spotback loach</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Turitäpp-käärtrull</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Täpläselkäsistura</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>Kandu ehirava</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>背点南鳅</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>背点条鳅</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>背點南鰍</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>背點條鰍</commonName>
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	<reference isbn='0-913235-53-9' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4537&amp;speccode=12269'>Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=4832&amp;speccode=12269'>Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran0 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. vol 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. i-liv + 1-541, 1 map (Ref. 4832)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6028&amp;speccode=12269'>Pethiyagoda, R.0 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p. (Ref. 6028)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=13614&amp;speccode=12269'>Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl0 Aquarien Atlas, Band 5. Mergus Verlag, Melle, Germany. 1148 p. (Ref. 13614)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=30491&amp;speccode=12269'>Schliewen, U.K.0 Aquarium fish. Barron's Education Series, Incorporated. 159 p. (Ref. 30491)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31402&amp;speccode=12269'>Swedish Museum of Natural History0 Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). Ichthyology Section, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. (Ref. 31402)</reference>
	<reference isbn='957-8596-59-6' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31517&amp;speccode=12269'>Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=31982&amp;speccode=12269'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=38732&amp;speccode=12269'>Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732)</reference>
	<reference isbn='80-7036-139-5' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51055&amp;speccode=12269'>Hanel, L. and J. Novák0 České názvy zivočichů V. Ryby a ryboviti obratlovci (Pisces) 3., maloústí (Gonorhynchiformes) - máloostní (Cypriniformes). Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení), Praha. (Ref. 51055)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51086&amp;speccode=12269'>Varjo, M., L. Koli and H. Dahlström0 Kalannimiluettelo (versio 10/03). Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo Ry. (Ref. 51086)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=58108&amp;speccode=12269'>Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=12269'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=116162&amp;speccode=12269'>Sudasinghe, H.0 &lt;i&gt;Schistura madhavai&lt;/i&gt;, a new species of hill-stream loach from Sri Lanka, with redescription of &lt;i&gt;S. notostigma&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4311(1):96-110. (Ref. 116162)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=127984&amp;speccode=12269'>Sudasinghe, H.0 A new species of &lt;i&gt;Schistura&lt;/i&gt; (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from the south-western lowlands of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4422(4):478-492. (Ref. 127984)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Prefers to inhabit fast flowing streams with a rock or pebble substrate (Ref. 116162).  Found usually browsing among pebbles in shallow, flowing water.  Can ascend steep inclines and also occurs in even the highest mountain streams (Ref. 6028).</dc:description>
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	<dc:description>Schistura notostigma differs from all congeners from peninsular India and Sri Lanka by thecombination of the following characters:  6-7 wide, brown bars on the posterior half of the body;  width of interspaces equal ½-1 times the width of the bars; black bar on caudal-fin base complete, narrower than the width of the interspaces on the body; emarginate caudal fin; incomplete lateral line ending beneath the dorsal-fin base; adpressed pelvic fin surpassing the anus; 7½ branched rays on dorsal fin; pelvic-fin origin beneath first branched dorsal-fin ray; 4-8 pre-operculo-mandibular pores; and suborbital flap in males absent (Ref. 116162).</dc:description>
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