Nemacheilidae
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Nemacheilidae | |
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Stone loach (B. barbatula) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911 |
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Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches, is a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia with one genus (Afronemacheilus) found in Africa.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012): Draconectes narinosus, a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Ray, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie / Swiss Journal of Zoology, 119 (3): 341-349.
- ↑ 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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