Flat-headed loach

Flat-headed loach
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oreonectes
Species: O. platycephalus
Binomial name
Oreonectes platycephalus
Günther, 1868

Flat-headed loach (Oreonectes platycephalus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oreonectes. It is found in fast-flowing streams in southern China (including Hong Kong) and northern Vietnam.[1][2]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Oreonectes platycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Oreonectes platycephalus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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