Claea

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Claea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Claea
Kottelat, 2011
Synonyms

OreiasSauvage, 1874

Claea is a genus of stone loaches.

Before recent expansion, it was formerly a monotypic genus. [1] Other former members (C. sonlaensis and C. trilineatus) are now in Schistura . [2] The former subspecies C. d. microphthalma is now Triplophysa microphthalma , along with Triplophysa niulanjiangensis [3]

The genus name is an allusion to Claea, an Oread mountain nymph from Greek mythology. [3]

Species

There are currently four valid species: [4]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Claea". FishBase . June 2011 version.
  2. ↑ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Claea Kottelat, 2011". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. 1 2 "Family NEMACHEILIDAE Regan 1911 (Stone or Brook Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Claea". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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