Aborichthys

Aborichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Aborichthys
B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913
Type species
Aborichthys kempi
Chaudhuri, 1913

Aborichthys is a genus of stone loaches found in streams of India with one species also found in Myanmar.[1]

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Arunachalam, M., Raja, M., Malaiammal, P. & Mayden, R.L. (2014): New species of Aborichthys (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Species, 7 (18): 33-47.
  3. Kosygin, L. (2012): Aborichthys waikhomi, a new species of fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Records of the zoological Survey of India, 112 (1): 49-55.