Troglonectes

Troglonectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Nemacheilidae
Genus:Troglonectes
C. G. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao & L. Tang, 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:

References

  1. Zhang, C.-G. & Zhao, Y.-H. (2016). Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China. Science Press. p. 284. ISBN 9787030472106.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, 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. 1 2 Lan, J.-H., Gan, X., Wu, T.-J. & Yang, J. (2013). Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press. p. 266. ISBN 9787030376589.
  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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