Neolissochilus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to freshwater habitats in Asia that are often grouped with the mahseers. The largest reach up to in length, but most species are much smaller.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:

• Neolissochilus acutirostris Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017

• Neolissochilus baoshanensis (X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 1999) (Baoshan)

• Neolissochilus benasi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936)

• Neolissochilus blanci (Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940)

• Neolissochilus blythii (Day, 1870)

• Neolissochilus capudelphinus Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017

• Neolissochilus compressus (Day, 1870)

• Neolissochilus dukai (Day, 1878)

• Neolissochilus hemispinus (X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 1985).

• Neolissochilus hendersoni (Herre, 1940)

• Neolissochilus heterostomus (Chen & Yang, 1999)

• Neolissochilus hexagonolepis (McClelland 1839) (Copper mahseer or Katli)

• Neolissochilus hexastichus (McClelland, 1839)

• Neolissochilus kaladanensis Lalramliana, Lalronunga, Kumar & Singh, 2019

• Neolissochilus longipinnis (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

• Neolissochilus micropthalmus Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017

• Neolissochilus minimus Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017

• Neolissochilus nigrovittatus (Boulenger, 1893)

• Neolissochilus paucisquamatus (H. M. Smith, 1945)

• Neolissochilus pnar Dahanukar, Sundar, Rangad, Proudlove & Raghavan, 2023

• Neolissochilus qiaojiensis (H. W. Wu, 1977)

• Neolissochilus soro (Valenciennes, 1842)

• Neolissochilus soroides (Duncker, 1904) (Soro brook varp)

• Neolissochilus spinulosus (McClelland, 1845) (Spinulosus mahseer)

• Neolissochilus stevensonii (Day, 1870)

• Neolissochilus stracheyi (Day, 1871)

• Neolissochilus subterraneus Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 2003 (Cave brook carp)

• Neolissochilus sumatranus (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

• Neolissochilus tamiraparaniensis Arunachalam, Sivakumar & Murugan, 2017

• Neolissochilus thienemanni (Ahl 1933) (Ihan)

• Neolissochilus vittatus (H. M. Smith, 1945)

• Neolissochilus wynaadensis (Day, 1873) (Wayanad mahseer)

The following cladogram is based on a phylogenetic tree rendered by maximum likelihood analysis of the first concatenated dataset from a 2024 study, with undescribed species being left unnamed or marked with cf.:

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