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Nemacheilus

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Nemacheilus
Barred Loach (N. fasciatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Nemacheilus
Bleeker, 1863
Type species
Nemacheilus fasciatus
Synonyms
N. jaklesii

Nemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia.

Species

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There are currently 52 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]


References

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  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. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nemacheilus". FishBase. February 2024 version.
  3. ^ Bohlen, J. & Šlechtová, V. (2011): Nemacheilus paucimaculatus, a new species of loach from the southern Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59 (2): 201–204.
  4. ^ Page, Lawrence M.; Pfeiffer, John M.; Suksri, Siriwan; Randall, Zachary S.; Boyd, David A. (2020). "Variation in the Arrow Loach, Nemacheilus masyae (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), in Mainland Southeast Asia with Description of a New Species". Copeia. 108 (2): 392–402. doi:10.1643/CI-19-305. ISSN 0045-8511.