Oreonectes is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in the rivers and caves of Asia. Many of these species are troglobitic.
Schistura rupecula is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is distributed through the eastern Himalayas from North Bengal through Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh in India and into Nepal. Its habitat is hill streams with pebbly stream beds while adults are often found in shallow water riffles and spring pools. The specific name rupecula means "rock dweller" which was given to the species by its describer John McClelland in reference to the hill streams around Simla from where the type specimens were collected. It is the type species of the genus Schistura.
Schistura sexcauda is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the basin of the Chao Phraya River in central Thailand where it has been recorded in streams with a moderate to fast current and in riffles, over substrates consisting of gravel to stone. It is known to be raised in local subsistence fisheries and traded both nationally and internationally as an ornamental fish.
Eonemachilus altus is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Eonemachilus from Yunnan. It occurs in small streams with a moderate current where it moves slowly in shoals along the substrate. Its diet consists of filamentous algae and insects. The type locality is in Zhanyi County.
Yunnanilus analis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Yunnanilus. The type locality is Xingyun Lake in Yunnan, southern China. The specific name analis means "of the anus" and refers to the six branched rays in the anal fin, a unique feature among the species classified under Yunnanilus.
Yunnanilus chui is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Yunnanilus. The specific name honours the ichthyologist Chu Xin-Luo. The type locality for this species is Fuxian Lake at Haikou, Hainan in China.
Paranemachilus jinxiensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach in the genus Paranemachilus. It is found in the Pearl River drainage in Guangxi and its type locality is Ludon village in Jingxi County, its specific name refers to Jingxi County.
Yunnanilus nanpanjiangensis is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Yunnanilus. It is endemic to China and uts type locality is near Agang Town, Luoping County, Yunnan and the specific name refers to the Nanpanjiang River.
Eonemachilus obtusirostris is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach in the genus Eonemachilus. Its type locality is the West Dragon Spring, which flows into Fuxian Lake in Chengjiang County, Yunnan. In the past this species was classified in the genus Yunnanilus, although it was thought that it may have been in Heminoemacheilus rather than Yunnanilus. The specific name is a compound of the Latin rostrum meaning a "beak" and obtusus meaning "blunt", this refers to the species' short snout.
Micronemacheilus pulcherrimus is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Micronemacheilus. It is found in the Hongshuihe River, part of the Xijiang River basin in China, with the type locality in Du'an County, Guangxi. The specific name pulcherrimus means most beautiful and is a reference to the “unique” banded color pattern ofthin vertical stripes crossing a wide lateral band, when compared to related species.
Triplophysa choprai, the snow loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the subgenus Indotriplophysa of genus Triplophysa.
Triplophysa shehensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus from India. Some authorities place T. shehensis in Nemacheilus.
Serpenticobitis, popularly known as serpent loaches, is a small genus of loaches found in the Mekong River Basin in Southeast Asia. It is the only genus in the family Serpenticobitidae.
Yaoshina is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gastromyzontidae, commonly called the hillstream loaches, although this also refers to the loaches in the family Balitoridae. The only species in the genus is Yaoshania pachychilus, the panda loach. A loach which is endemic to mountain streams in Jinxiu County, Guangxi in China. This species grows to a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL. This species is monotypic, but it was formerly included in Protomyzon. Juveniles are strikingly coloured in black-and-white, but adults are relatively plain. Y. pachychilus quickly became a popular aquarium fish in the 2010s.
Troglonectes is a genus of troglobitic fish in the family Nemacheilidae, native to caves of Asia. Fishbase and other authorities place these species in the genus Oreonectes.
Micronemacheilus bailianensis is a troglobitic species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a stone loach from the genus Micronemacheilus. Its type locality is disputed with some authorities stating it is the Heilongtan Reservoir in Shilin County, Yunnan the reservoir is in the drainage system of the Ba Jiang, from which the species' specific name may derive, although other authorities give the type location and the specific name derivation as Bailian Cave near Liuzhou in Guangxi Province.
Eonemachilus yangzonghaiensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Eonemachilus. It is endemic to China and its type locality is Yangzong Lake in Yunnan. This species has been placed in the genus Eonemachilus.
Troglonectes daqikongensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This species was originally formally described as Oreonectes daqikongensis in 2016 by Huaiqing Deng, Huamei Wen, Ning Xiao and Jiang Zhou with its type locality given as a subterranean river in the Daqikong area of Libo County in Guizhou, China at 25°17'05.1"N, 107°44'54.3"E from an elevation of 488 m (1,601 ft). T. daqikongensis is known only from a single location but this location is protected and the population is stable, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature classify this species as Least Concern.
Troglonectes elongatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacehilidae, the stone loaches. It inhabits Guangxi, China and has 9 dorsal soft rays, 7 anal soft rays and 38 or 39 vertebrae. Unsexed males have a maximum length of 7.8 centimetres (3.1 in) and it is considered harmless to humans. It has not been evaluated on the IUCN Red List and was described by Tang, Zhao and Zhang in 2012.
Troglonectes translucens is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. It inhabits the Xia'ao Cave in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Described in 2006, it is considered harmless to humans. Unsexed males have a maximum length of 4.6 centimetres (1.8 in). It has 11 dorsal soft rays, 9 anal soft rays and 36 vertebrae.
