| Nemacheilidae | |
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| Triplophysa ferganaensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911 |
| 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.
The following are the described genera of the family: [1]
Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.
Schistura is a genus of fish in the stone loach family Nemacheilidae native to the streams and rivers of the southern and eastern Asia. Some of these species are troglobitic.
Yunnanilus is a genus of small stone loaches that are endemic to southeastern China, especially Guangxi and Yunnan. They are found in rivers, streams and lakes; some species are restricted to caves.
Homatula is a genus of stone loaches endemic to China.
Oxynoemacheilus longipinnis is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae endemic to the Meymeh River, formerly a part of the Tigris-Euphrates system in Iran. Fishbase lists it as the only species in the monotypic genus Ilamnemacheilus.
Oxynoemacheilus is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Europe and Western Asia.
Paracobitis is a genus of Asian stone loaches.
Paraschistura is a genus of stone loaches most of which occur in Central, South and Western Asia.
Physoschistura is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found mostly in Southeast Asia.
Turcinoemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia.
Paracanthocobitis is a genus, or subgenus, of freshwater fish in the family Nemacheilidae. This genus is known from the Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mekong basin of Cambodia and Laos The type species is Paracanthocobitis zonalternans. Some authorities treat this as a subgenus of Acanthocobitis
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) pictilis, also known as the Ataran zipper loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. It is native to Myanmar and Thailand. It was described to science in 2012.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) linypha also known as the sewing needle zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Irrawaddy and Sittang basins in Myanmar.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) maekhlongensis also known as the Maekhlong zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Maeklong River basin, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
Schistura callidora is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It was first found in the Myitnge River drainage, Irrawaddy basin in Myanmar. It is distinguished by possessing dark bars on its body, being much thinner in its anterior half; a high dorsal crest on the caudal peduncle; the number of dorsal-fin rays; and its lateral line which reaches behind the base of the anal fin.
Eidinemacheilus is a genus of troglobitic fish in the family Nemacheilidae endemic to Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan.
Schistura ndawgyiana is a species of stone loach in the genus Schistura which has only been recorded from a single tributary of Lake Indawgyi in Kachin State, Myanmar. It was described by the Belgian ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat in 2017 and does not feature in Fishbase yet.
Rhyacoschistura is a genus of stone loaches from Laos. It was described in 2019 to accommodate a new species, R. larreci. Additionally, Rhyacoschistura suber was redescribed with new adult specimens and was moved to Rhyacoschistura from Schistura.
Mustura is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Myanmar.
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