Rheophile

A rheophile is an organism that prefers to live in fast moving water.

Contents 1 Examples of rheophilic animals 1.1 Insects 1.2 Birds 1.3 Fish 1.4 Molluscs 1.5 Amphibians 2 See also 3 Notes

Examples of rheophilic animals

Insects

• Many aquatic insects living in riffles require current to survive.^[1]
• Epeorus sylvicola, a rheophilic mayfly species (Ephemeroptera).

Birds

• American Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, family Cinclidae.

Fish

• The fish family Balitoridae, also known as the hill stream loaches.
• The fish family Loricariidae.
• The fish family Gyrinocheilidae.

• Rheophilic cichlid genera/species.
  • The Lamena group in the genus Paretroplus from Madagascar.
  • Oxylapia polli from Madagascar.
  • Steatocranus species from the Congo River Basin in Africa.
  • Teleocichla species from the Amazon Basin in South America.
  • Teleogramma species from the Congo River Basin in Africa.

• Chiloglanis neumanni a freshwater catfish from Lake Malawi.
• The Danube streber (Zingel streber), family Percidae.
• Leuciscus idus, a freshwater cyprinid

Molluscs

• Ancylus fluviatilis
• Lymnaea ovata
• Bithynia tentaculata

Amphibians

• Neurergus strauchii, a newt from Turkey
• Pachytriton labiatus, a newt from China

See also

• Lotic ecosystem

Notes

1. ^ Hynes, H.B.N. 1970. Ecology of Running Waters. Originally published in Toronto by University of Toronto Press, 555p.