Nemacheilus
Encyclopedia
Nemacheilus is a genus of ray-finned fish
in the Balitoridae
family.
Actinopterygii
The Actinopterygii or ray-finned fishes constitute a class or sub-class of the bony fishes.The ray-finned fishes are so called because they possess lepidotrichia or "fin rays", their fins being webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines , as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize...
in the Balitoridae
Hillstream loach
The hillstream loaches or river loaches are a family, the Balitoridae, of small Eurasian fish. Many of the species are popular for aquaria. They have a number of similarities with the Cobitidae, their sibling family of "loaches", such as multiple barbels around the mouth...
family.
Species
This genus contains the following species:- Nemacheilus anguillaNemacheilus anguillaNemacheilus anguilla is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
AnnandaleNelson AnnandaleThomas Nelson Annandale CIE was a Scottish zoologist, entomologist and anthropologist.The eldest son of Thomas Annandale, the regius professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh, Nelson was educated at Rugby School, Balliol College, Oxford, and the University of Edinburgh.Annandale...
, 1919 - Nemacheilus arenicolusNemacheilus arenicolusNemacheilus arenicolus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1998 - Nemacheilus banarNemacheilus banarNemacheilus banar is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Freyhof & Serov, 2001 - Nemacheilus barapaniensisNemacheilus barapaniensisNemacheilus barapaniensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Menon, 1987 - Nemacheilus binotatusNemacheilus binotatusNemacheilus binotatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
H. M. SmithHugh McCormick SmithHugh McCormick Smith was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.-Biography:...
, 1933 - Nemacheilus carletoniNemacheilus carletoniNemacheilus carletoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1924 - Nemacheilus chrysolaimosNemacheilus chrysolaimosNemacheilus chrysolaimos is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1846) - Nemacheilus cleopatraNemacheilus cleopatraNemacheilus cleopatra is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus found in Europe....
Freyhof & Serov, 2001 - Nemacheilus devdeviNemacheilus devdeviNemacheilus devdevi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
HoraSunder Lal HoraSunder Lal Hora was an Indian ichthyologist.Famous for the Satpura Hypothesis, a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian Satpura Range of hills acted as a bridge providing for the Malayan affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the...
, 1935 - Nemacheilus doonensisNemacheilus doonensisNemacheilus doonensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Tilak& Husain, 1977 - Nemacheilus drassensisNemacheilus drassensisNemacheilus drassensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Tilak, 1990 - Nemacheilus elegantissimusNemacheilus elegantissimusNemacheilus elegantissimus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
P. K. Chin & Samat, 1992 - Nemacheilus fasciatus (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1846) (Barred loach) - Nemacheilus gangeticusNemacheilus gangeticusNemacheilus gangeticus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Menon, 1987 - Nemacheilus guttatusNemacheilus guttatusNemacheilus guttatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(McClelland, 1839) - Nemacheilus hamwiiNemacheilus hamwiiNemacheilus hamwii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991 - Nemacheilus huapingensisNemacheilus huapingensisNemacheilus huapingensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Y. F. Wu & C. Z. Wu, 1992 - Nemacheilus inglisiNemacheilus inglisiNemacheilus inglisi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
HoraSunder Lal HoraSunder Lal Hora was an Indian ichthyologist.Famous for the Satpura Hypothesis, a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian Satpura Range of hills acted as a bridge providing for the Malayan affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the...
, 1935 - Nemacheilus insignisNemacheilus insignisNemacheilus insignis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.It is found only in Syria.Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Crivelli, A.J. 2005. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
(HeckelJohann Jakob HeckelJohann Jakob Heckel was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist from Mannheim.Though not a formally trained zoologist he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become the director of the Fish Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna...
, 1843) - Nemacheilus kaimurensisNemacheilus kaimurensisNemacheilus kaimurensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Husain & Tilak, 1998 - Nemacheilus kapuasensisNemacheilus kapuasensisNemacheilus kapuasensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1984 - Nemacheilus keralensisNemacheilus keralensisNemacheilus keralensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(Rita, Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978) - Nemacheilus kodaguensisNemacheilus kodaguensisNemacheilus kodaguensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Menon, 1987 - Nemacheilus kullmanni (Bănărescu, Nalbant & Ladiges, 1975)
- Nemacheilus lactogeneusNemacheilus lactogeneusNemacheilus lactogeneus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
T. R. Roberts, 1989 - Nemacheilus leontinaeNemacheilus leontinaeNemacheilus leontinae is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.It is found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Crivelli, A.J. 2005. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
LortetLouis Charles Émile LortetLouis Charles Émile Lortet was a French physician, botanist, zoologist and Egyptologist who was a native of Oullins. He earned his medical doctorate in 1861, and his degree in natural sciences in 1867, and was the premier doyen of the Faculty of Medicine of Lyon from 1877 until 1906...
, 1883 - Nemacheilus longicaudus (KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1872) (Eastern crested loach) - Nemacheilus longipectoralisNemacheilus longipectoralisNemacheilus longipectoralis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Popta, 1905 - Nemacheilus longipinnisNemacheilus longipinnisNemacheilus longipinnis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
C. G. E. AhlErnst AhlChristoph Gustav Ernst Ahl was a German zoologist.He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde....
, 1922 - Nemacheilus longistriatusNemacheilus longistriatusNemacheilus longistriatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1990 - Nemacheilus marang Hadiaty & KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2010 - Nemacheilus masyai H. M. SmithHugh McCormick SmithHugh McCormick Smith was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.-Biography:...
, 1933 (Arrow loach) - Nemacheilus menoniNemacheilus menoniNemacheilus menoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Zacharias & Minimol, 1999 - Nemacheilus monilisNemacheilus monilisNemacheilus monilis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
HoraSunder Lal HoraSunder Lal Hora was an Indian ichthyologist.Famous for the Satpura Hypothesis, a zoo-geographical hypothesis proposed by him that suggests that the central Indian Satpura Range of hills acted as a bridge providing for the Malayan affinity of many Indian fauna and flora in the peninsula and the...
, 1921 - Nemacheilus moorehNemacheilus moorehNemacheilus mooreh is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(SykesWilliam Henry SykesColonel William Henry Sykes, FRS was an Indian Army officer, politician and ornithologist.Sykes was born near Bradford in Yorkshire, and joined the Bombay Army, a part of the armed forces of the Honourable East India Company, in 1804, returning to Britain in 1837...
, 1839) - Nemacheilus nilgiriensisNemacheilus nilgiriensisNemacheilus nilgiriensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Menon, 1987 - Nemacheilus obscurusNemacheilus obscurusNemacheilus obscurus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
H. M. SmithHugh McCormick SmithHugh McCormick Smith was an American ichthyologist and administrator in the Bureau of Fisheries.-Biography:...
, 1945 - Nemacheilus olivaceusNemacheilus olivaceusNemacheilus olivaceus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus. This particular species of fish is Native to the benthopelagic freshwaters and tropical climates of such countries as: Indonesia and Malaysia. It was first described by the Belgian naturalist George Albert Boulenger in...
BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1894 - Nemacheilus ornatusNemacheilus ornatusNemacheilus ornatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1990 - Nemacheilus oxianus KesslerKarl Fedorovich KesslerKarl Fedorovich Kessler was a German-Russian zoologist and author of zoological taxa signed Kessler, who was mostly active in Kiev, Ukraine and conducted most of his studies of birds in Ukrainian regions of the Russian Empire - Kiev Governorate, Volyn Governorate, Kherson Governorate, Poltava...
, 1877 (Amu-Darya stone loach) - Nemacheilus pallidusNemacheilus pallidusNemacheilus pallidus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1990 - Nemacheilus papillosNemacheilus papillosNemacheilus papillos is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
H. H. Tan & KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2009 - Nemacheilus pardalis Turdakov, 1941 (Tadzhik loach)
- Nemacheilus paucimaculatus Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2011
- Nemacheilus pavonaceusNemacheilus pavonaceusNemacheilus pavonaceus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(McClelland, 1839) - Nemacheilus periyarensisNemacheilus periyarensisNemacheilus periyarensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2005 - Nemacheilus petrubanarescuiNemacheilus petrubanarescuiNemacheilus petrubanarescui is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Menon, 1984 - Nemacheilus pfeifferaeNemacheilus pfeifferaeNemacheilus pfeifferae is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1853) - Nemacheilus platicepsNemacheilus platicepsNemacheilus platiceps is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1990 - Nemacheilus polytaeniaNemacheilus polytaeniaNemacheilus polytaenia is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
S. Q. Zhu, 1982 - Nemacheilus rueppelliNemacheilus rueppelliNemacheilus rueppelli is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(SykesWilliam Henry SykesColonel William Henry Sykes, FRS was an Indian Army officer, politician and ornithologist.Sykes was born near Bradford in Yorkshire, and joined the Bombay Army, a part of the armed forces of the Honourable East India Company, in 1804, returning to Britain in 1837...
, 1839) - Nemacheilus saravacensisNemacheilus saravacensisNemacheilus saravacensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1894 - Nemacheilus scaturigina (McClelland, 1839)
- Nemacheilus selangoricusNemacheilus selangoricusNemacheilus selangoricus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Duncker, 1904 (Grey-banded loach) - Nemacheilus shehensisNemacheilus shehensisNemacheilus shehensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Tilak, 1990 - Nemacheilus shuangjiangensisNemacheilus shuangjiangensisNemacheilus shuangjiangensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
S. Q. Zhu & S. H. Wang, 1985 - Nemacheilus singhiNemacheilus singhiNemacheilus singhi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Menon, 1987 - Nemacheilus smithiNemacheilus smithiNemacheilus smithi, the Blind loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family. It is found only in Iran....
(GreenwoodHumphry GreenwoodHumphry Greenwood FRS FIBiol was an English ichthyologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1985...
, 1976) (Blind loach) - Nemacheilus spiniferusNemacheilus spiniferusNemacheilus spiniferus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 1984 - Nemacheilus starostini Parin, 1983
- Nemacheilus stigmofasciatusNemacheilus stigmofasciatusNemacheilus stigmofasciatus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2009 - Nemacheilus subfuscaNemacheilus subfuscaNemacheilus subfusca is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(McClelland, 1839) - Nemacheilus teboNemacheilus teboNemacheilus tebo is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Hadiaty & KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
, 2009 - Nemacheilus tikaderiNemacheilus tikaderiNemacheilus tikaderi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
(Barman, 1985) - Nemacheilus troglocataractusNemacheilus troglocataractusBlind cave loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.It is found only in Thailand.-Source:* Kottelat, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
KottelatMaurice KottelatDr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...
& Géry, 1989 (Blind cave loach) - Nemacheilus tuberigumNemacheilus tuberigumNemacheilus tuberigum is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
Hadiaty & Siebert, 2001 - Nemacheilus yingjiangensisNemacheilus yingjiangensisNemacheilus yingjiangensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus....
S. Q. Zhu, 1982