Schistura larketensis is a species of cavefish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is found in the East Jaintia Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya and is named after the Larket village, where the fish was found inside a cave.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Schistura |
| Species: | S. larketensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Schistura larketensis Choudhury et al., 2017[1]
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References
edit- ^ "Schistura larketensis, a new cavernicolous fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India". Biotaxa. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "New species of blind fish discovered inside Meghalaya cave". The Hindu. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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