Nemacheilidae

The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, Afronemacheilus found in Africa. The family includes about 790 species.

Nemacheilidae
Triplophysa ferganaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Regan, 1911
Genera

Around 50, see text

Genera

The following are the described genera of the family:[1]

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Suppl. 26): 1–199. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2013.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012): Draconectes narinosus, a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Bay, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119 (3): 341-349.
  3. Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
  4. Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 103 (2): 378–401.
  5. Bohlen, J. & Šlechtová, V. (2011): A new genus and two new species of loaches (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Myanmar. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (1): 1-10.
  6. Kottelat, Maurice (2019-05-29). "Rhyacoschistura larreci , a new genus and species of loach from Laos and redescription of R. suber (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4612 (2): 151–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31717063. S2CID 191155334.
  7. Freyhof, J., Geiger, M.F., Golzarianpour, K. & Patimar, R. (2016): Sasanidus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus kermanshahensis Bănărescu & Nalbant, with discussion of Ilamnemacheilus and Schistura (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4107 (1): 65-80.
  8. Zhang, C.-G.; Zhao, Y.-H. (2016). Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China. Science Press. p. 284. ISBN 9787030472106.


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