Schistura sharavathiensis

Schistura sharavathiensis, sometimes known as the Sharavati loach, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is endemic to the Sharavathi River basin in the central Western Ghats, India. It grows to 2.9 cm standard length. It is known from a perennial, torrential hill stream with good vegetation cover at 450 – above sea level.