Yunnanilus

Yunnanilus is a genus of small stone loaches that are endemic to southeastern China, especially Guangxi and Yunnan. They are found in rivers, streams and lakes; some species are restricted to caves.[1]

Yunnanilus
Yunnanilus cruciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Yunnanilus
Nichols, 1925
Type species
Nemacheilus pleurotaenia
Regan, 1904

Species

There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus,[2] although other authorities cite fewer species and place a few other species formerly placed here into other genera such as Petruichthys and Micronemacheilus.[3]

References

  1. Ma, L.; and Y.-H. Zhao (2012). Cavefish of China. Pp. 107—125 in: White, W.B.; and D.C. Cuvier, editors. Encyclopedia of Caves. Elsevier. ISBN 9780123838322
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Yunnanilus 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. Lan, J., Gan, X., Wu, T. & Yang, J. (2013): Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press, Beijing. 1-266.
  5. Du, L.-N., Lu, Y.-F. & Chen, X.-Y. (2015): Yunnanilus qujinensis, a new species of loach from Yunnan, southwest China (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (3): 249-254.
  6. Chen, Z., Yang, J. & Yang, J. (2012): Description of a new species of the genus Yunnanilus Nichols, 1925 (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa, 3269: 57–64.


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