Nemacheilidae

Nemacheilidae

Nemacheilidae

Family of fishes

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.

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Genera

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

References

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    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.
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    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.
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    Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
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    Kottelat, M. (2018). Mustura celata, a new genus and species of loaches from northern Myanmar, and an overview of Physoschistura and related taxa (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. v. 28 (no. 4) [IEF-1080]: [1-26] 289-314. [First published online, No. IEF-1080, p. 1-26, 2 Aug. 2018; volume number and pages added on 12 Oct. 2018
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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