Nemacheilidae

Nemacheilidae

Stone loach (B. barbatula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911
Genera^[1]
Aborichthys Acanthocobitis Afronemacheilus Barbatula Claea Draconectes^[2] Dzihunia Eonemachilus Hedinichthys Heminoemacheilus Homatula Ilamnemacheilus Indoreonectes Indotriplophysa Iskandaria Labiatophysa Lefua Mesonoemacheilus Metaschistura Micronemacheilus Nemacheilus Nemachilichthys Neonoemacheilus Oreonectes Oxynoemacheilus Paracobitis Paranemachilus Paraschistura Petruichthys Physoschistura Protonemacheilus Pteronemacheilus^[3] Qinghaichthys Schistura Sectoria Seminemacheilus Speonectes Sphaerophysa Sundoreonectes Tarimichthys Traccatichthys Triplophysa Troglocobitis Tuberoschistura Turcinoemacheilus Yunnanilus

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.

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 Bay, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). 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.