Nemacheilidae

Nemacheilidae
	Barbatula quignardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae; Regan, 1911
Genera
	Aborichthys; Acanthocobitis; Afronemacheilus; Barbatula; Claea; Draconectes ; Dzihunia; Eonemachilus; Hedinichthys; Heminoemacheilus; Homatula; Ilamnemacheilus; Indoreonectes; Indotriplophysa; Iskandaria; Labiatophysa; Lefua; Mesonoemacheilus; Micronemacheilus; Nemacheilus; Nemachilichthys; Neonoemacheilus; Oreonectes; Oxynoemacheilus; Paracanthocobitis ; Paracobitis; Paranemachilus; Paraschistura; Petruichthys; Physoschistura; Protonemacheilus; Pteronemacheilus ; Qinghaichthys; Schistura; Sectoria; Seminemacheilus; Speonectes; Sphaerophysa; Sundoreonectes; Tarimichthys; Traccatichthys; Triplophysa; Troglocobitis; Tuberoschistura; Turcinoemacheilus; Yunnanilus;

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 630 species.

References

^ 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.
^ Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 103 (2): 378–401.
^ 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.
^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

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[1] 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.

[Singer2015-2] Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 103 (2): 378–401.

[3] 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.

[4] Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

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