Biology:Troglonectes

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Troglonectes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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:

  • Troglonectes acridorsalis (J. H. Lan, 2013)[4]
  • Troglonectes barbatus (X. Gan, 2013)[4]
  • Troglonectes elongatus (L. Tang, Y. H. Zhao & C. G. Zhang, 2012)[5]
  • Troglonectes furcocaudalis (S. Q. Zhu & W. X. Cao, 1987)
  • Troglonectes macrolepis (A. M. Huang, L. N. Du, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2009)
  • Troglonectes microphthalmus (L. N. Du, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008)
  • Troglonectes translucens (Z. L. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao & C. G. Zhang, 2006)

References

  1. Zhang, C.-G.; Zhao, Y.-H. (2016). Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China. Science Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-7-03-047210-6. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, 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)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 26: 1–199. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lan, J.-H.; Gan, X.; Wu, T.-J.; Yang, J. (2013). Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-7-03-037658-9. 
  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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