''Schistura athos'' is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

in the

stone loach The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus '' Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowi ...

genus ''

Schistura ''Schistura'' is a genus of fish in the stone loach family Nemacheilidae native to the streams and rivers of the southern and eastern Asia. Some of these species are troglobitic. Species There are currently over 200 recognized species in this g ...

'', its specific name ''athos'' is from, Athos, one of the Three Musketeers by

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, as do that of two other ''Schistura'' species endemic to the Nam Ou basin, '' S. aramis'' and '' S.porthos''. It has only been recorded from the

Nam Ou The Nam Ou (Lao language, Laotian: ນ້ຳອູ , Literal translation, literally: "rice bowl river") is one of the most important rivers of Laos. It runs 448 km from Phongsaly Province to Luang Prabang Province. The river rises in Muang Ou ...

basin in Laos, as well as from a stretch of the Nam Noua, a tributary of the Nam Ou, in Vietnam. ''S. athos'' has been collected from rapids and stretches of the main river with stone substrates.

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A Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Fish described in 2000 {{Nemacheilidae-stub