Nemacheilidae

Nemacheilidae
Barbatula quignardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911
Genera [1]
Aborichthys Acanthocobitis Afronemacheilus Barbatula Claea Draconectes [2] Dzihunia Eonemachilus Hedinichthys Heminoemacheilus Homatula Ilamnemacheilus Indoreonectes Indotriplophysa Iskandaria Labiatophysa Lefua Mesonoemacheilus Micronemacheilus Nemacheilus Nemachilichthys Neonoemacheilus Oreonectes Oxynoemacheilus Paracanthocobitis [3] Paracobitis Paranemachilus Paraschistura Petruichthys Physoschistura Protonemacheilus Pteronemacheilus [4] Qinghaichthys Schistura Sectoria Seminemacheilus Speonectes Sphaerophysa Sundoreonectes Tarimichthys Traccatichthys Triplophysa Troglocobitis Tuberoschistura Turcinoemacheilus Yunnanilus

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 630 species.

References

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. Kottelat, M. (2012): Draconectes narinosus, a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Bay, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119 (3): 341-349.
3. Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 103 (2): 378–401.
4. Bohlen, J. & Šlechtová, V. (2011): A new genus and two new species of loaches (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Myanmar. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (1): 1-10.