Schistura mobbsi is a species of troglobitic stone loach from the genus Schistura which is endemic to the Phuong Hoang Cave in Thai Nguyen Province in Vietnam.[1] Its specific name honours Jerry Mobbs the speleologist who first discovered and explored the Phuong Hoang Cave to which this species is restricted.[2] Schistura mobbsi has no eyes, lacks pigmentation and does not possess a lateral line, has a reduced number of fin rays, large nostrils which are placed well forward on snout, and non overlapping scales which are restricted to posterior part of flanks.[3]
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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. mobbsi
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References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura mobbsi". FishBase. October 2017 version.
- ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "[Ichthyology • 2012] Schistura mobbsi • Fishes from Phuong Hoang cave, northern Vietnam, with description of a new species of loach (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Species New to Science new & recent described Flora & Fauna species from all over the World esp. Asia, Oriental, Indomalayan & Malesiana region. pskhun. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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