Biology:Nemacheilidae
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Short description: Family of fishes
| Nemacheilidae | |
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| Triplophysa ferganaensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911 |
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Around 50, see text | |
The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, Afronemacheilus found in Africa. The family includes about 790 species.
Genera
The following are the described genera of the family:[1]
References
- ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Suppl. 26): 1–199. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s26/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q982750 entry
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