Troglonectes

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Troglonectes
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Troglonectes
, & , 2016
Type species
Oreonectes furcocaudalis
Zhu & Cao 1987

Troglonectes is a genus of troglobitic fish in the family Nemacheilidae, native to caves of Asia.[1] Fishbase and other authorities place these species in the genus Oreonectes.[2][3]

Species[]

There are currently 7 recognized species in this proposed genus:

  • (, 2013) [4]
  • (, 2013) [4]
  • (, & , 2012) [5]
  • Troglonectes furcocaudalis ( & , 1987)
  • Troglonectes macrolepis (, , X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2009)
  • Troglonectes microphthalmus (, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008)
  • (, & , 2006)

References[]

  1. ^ Zhang, C.-G. & Zhao, Y.-H. (2016). Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China. Science Press. p. 284. ISBN 9787030472106.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Oreonectes in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  4. ^ a b Lan, J.-H., Gan, X., Wu, T.-J. & Yang, J. (2013). Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press. p. 266. ISBN 9787030376589.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. ^ Tang, L., Zhao, Y. & Zhang, C. (2012): A new blind loach, Oreonectes elongatus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 93 (4): 483–490.


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