Nemacheilus doonensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus, although it has also been placed in the genus Schistura.Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199. from Dehra Dun in Uttar Pradesh where it occurs in clear, swift streams with pebbly beds.
