TheNemacheilidae,orstone loaches,are afamilyofcypriniformfishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly inEurasia,with one genus,Afronemacheilusfound inAfrica.The family includes about 790 species.

Nemacheilidae
Triplophysa ferganaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Regan,1911
Genera

Around 50, see text

Genera

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The following are the described genera of the family:[1]

References

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  1. ^Kottelat, M. (2012)."Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)"(PDF).The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology(Suppl. 26): 1–199. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 February 2013.
  2. ^Kottelat, M. (2012):Draconectes narinosus,a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Bay, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119 (3): 341–349.
  3. ^Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2016):Eidinemacheilus,a new generic name forNoemacheilus smithiGreenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae).Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466–476.
  4. ^Kottelat, M. (2018).Mustura celata,a new genus and species of loaches from northern Myanmar, and an overview of Physoschistura and related taxa (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. v. 28 (no. 4) [IEF-1080]: [1-26] 289–314. [First published online, No. IEF-1080, p. 1–26, 2 Aug. 2018; volume number and pages added on 12 Oct. 2018
  5. ^Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches,AcanthocobitisandParacanthocobitis(Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species.Copeia, 103 (2): 378–401.
  6. ^Bohlen, J. & Šlechtová, V. (2011): A new genus and two new species of loaches (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Myanmar.Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (1): 1–10.
  7. ^Kottelat, Maurice (2019-05-29)."Rhyacoschistura larreci, a new genus and species of loach from Laos and redescription of R. suber (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)".Zootaxa.4612(2): 151–170.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.1.ISSN1175-5334.PMID31717063.S2CID191155334.
  8. ^Freyhof, J., Geiger, M.F., Golzarianpour, K. & Patimar, R. (2016):Sasanidus,a new generic name forNoemacheilus kermanshahensisBănărescu & Nalbant, with discussion ofIlamnemacheilusandSchistura(Teleostei; Nemacheilidae).Zootaxa, 4107 (1): 65–80.
  9. ^Zhang, C.-G.; Zhao, Y.-H. (2016).Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China.Science Press. p. 284.ISBN9787030472106.