Oreonectes

Oreonectes
Oreonectes daqikongensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Nemacheilidae
Genus:Oreonectes
Günther, 1868
Type species
Oreonectes platycephalus
Günther, 1868

Oreonectes is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in the rivers and cave of Asia.[1] Many of these species are troglobitic.[1][2]

Species

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

References

  1. 1 2 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 26: 1–199.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). Species of Oreonectes in FishBase. June 2017 version.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lan, J.-H., Gan, X., Wu, T.-J. & Yang, J. (2013). Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press. p. 266. ISBN 9787030376589.
  4. Deng, Huaiqing; Wen, Huamei; Xiao, Ning; Zhou, Jiang (2016). "A new blind species of the cave genus Oreonectes from Guizhou, China (Nemacheilinae)". ZooKeys. 637: 47–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.637.10202.
  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.
  6. 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.
  7. Yang, J.; Wu, T.-J.; Wei, R.-F. & Yang, J.-X. (2011). "A new loach, Oreonectes luochengensis sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China". Zoological Research. 32 (2): 208–211. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1141.2011.02208.
  8. Deng, Huaiqing; Xiao, Ning; Hou, Xuifa; Zhou, Jiang (2016). "A new species of the genus Oreonectes (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Guizhou, China". Zootaxa. 4132 (1): 143–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.13.


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