Oreonectes

Oreonectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oreonectes
Günther, 1868
Type species
Oreonectes platycephalus
Günther, 1868
Synonyms
  • Octonema E. von Martens, 1868

Oreonectes is a genus of stone loach native to Asia.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Oreonectes in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Lan, J., Gan. X., Wu. T. & Yang, J. (2013): Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press, Beijing. 1-266.
  3. Tang, L., Zhao, Y. & Zhang, C. (2012): A new blind loach, Oreonectes elongatus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Environmental Biology of Fish, DOI 10.1007/s10641-011-9943-7
  4. Yang, Q., Wei, M.-l., Lan, J.-h. & Yang, Q. (2011): A New Species of the Genus Oreonectes (Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 29 (1): 72-75.


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