Nemacheilidae

Nemacheilidae
Triplophysa ferganaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Superfamily:	Cobitoidei
Family:	Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911 [1]
Genera
Around 50, see text

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. The family includes about 790 species.

Genera

The following are the described genera of the family: ^[2]

• Aborichthys B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913
• Acanthocobitis Peters, 1861
• Afronemacheilus Golubtsov & Prokofiev, 2009
• Barbatula Linck, 1790
• Claea Kottelat, 2011
• Draconectes Kottelat, 2012
• Dzihunia Prokofiev, 2001
• Eidinemacheilus Segherloo, Ghaedrahmati & Freyhof, 2016
• Eonemachilus Berg, 1938
• Hedinichthys Rendahl, 1933
• Homatula Nichols, 1925
• Indoreonectes Rita & Nalbant, 1978
• Iskandaria Prokofiev, 2009
• Kapuasia Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2024
• Karstsinnectes J. Zhou, Luo, Y.-L.Wang, J.-J. Zhou & Xiao, 2023
• Kayahschistura Kottelat & Grego, 2020
• Lefua Herzenstein, 1888
• Malihkaia Kottelat, 2017
• Mesonoemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1982
• Micronemacheilus Rendahl, 1944
• Mustura Kottelat, 2018
• Nemacheilus Bleeker, 1863
• Nemachilichthys Day, 1878
• Neonoemacheilus S. Q. Zhu & Q. Z. Guo, 1985
• Nun Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1982
• Oreonectes Günther, 1868
• Oxynoemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966
• Paracanthocobitis S. Grant
• Paracobitis Bleeker, 1863
• Paranemachilus S.-Q. Zhu, 1983
• Paraschistura Prokofiev, 2009
• Petruichthys Menon, 1987
• Physoschistura Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1982
• Protonemacheilus J. X. Yang & X. L. Chu, 1990
• Pteronemacheilus Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2011
• Rhyacoschistura Kottelat, 2019
• Sasanidus Freyhof, Geiger, Golzarianpour & Patimar, 2016
• Schistura McClelland, 1838
• Sectoria Kottelat, 1990
• Seminemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1995
• Speonectes Kottelat, 2012
• Sphaerophysa W.-X. Cao & S.-Q. Zhu, 1988
• Sundoreonectes Kottelat, 1990
• Traccatichthys Freyhof & Serov, 2001
• Triplophysa Rendahl, 1933
• Troglonectes C. G. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao & L. Tang, 2016
• Tuberoschistura Kottelat, 1990
• Turcinoemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964
• Yunnanilus Nichols, 1925

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nemacheilidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 December 2024.