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Cobitoidei
Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches, and relatives. Cypriniformes is an Order within the Superorder Ostariophysi consisting of "Carp-like" Ostariophysins. This order contains 11-12 families, although some authorities have designated as many as 23, over 400 genera, and more than 4,250 species, with new species being described every few months or so, and new genera being recognized frequently.Eschmeyer, W.N., Fong, J.D. (2015Species by family/subfamilyin the Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences (retrieved 2 July 2015) They are most diverse in southeastern Asia, and are entirely absent from Australia and South America.Nelson (2006) At 112 years old, the longest-lived cypriniform fish documented is the bigmouth buffalo. Their closest living relatives are the Characiformes (characins and allies), the Gymnotiformes ( electric eel and American knifefishes), and the Siluriformes (catfishes). Description Lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobitidae
Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includes about 260 described species. New species are being described regularly.Perdices, A., Bohlen, J., Šlechtová, V. & Doadrio, I. (2016): Molecular Evidence for Multiple Origins of the European Spined Loaches (Teleostei, Cobitidae). ''PLoS ONE, 11 (1): e0144628.'' Description and ecology The body forms of the Cobitidae tend to be vermiform – worm-shaped, long and thin. Most true loaches do not have true scales, and like many other Cypriniformes or catfishes, they have barbels at their mouths (usually three to six pairs). Some other traits typically found in this family are a small bottom-facing mouth suited to their scavenging benthic lifestyle, an erectile spine below the eye, and a single row of pharyngeal (throat) teeth. True ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastromyzontidae
The Gastromyzontidae are a family of loaches native to China and Southeast Asia, where typically found in streams and rivers with a fast current. The family includes about 137 species in eighteen genera. This family was resurrected by M. Kottelat in his review and revision of the loaches in 2012. They are commonly called hillstream loaches (a name shared with balitoridae The hillstream loaches or river loaches are a family, the Balitoridae, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia. The family includes about 202 species. They are sometimes sold as "lizardfish" or (in Germany) "flossensaugers". Many of the ...). References {{Cypriniformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemacheilidae
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 Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area .... The family includes about 790 species. Genera The following are the described genera of the family: References Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan {{Nemacheilidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balitoridae
The hillstream loaches or river loaches are a family, the Balitoridae, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia. The family includes about 202 species. They are sometimes sold as "lizardfish" or (in Germany) "flossensaugers". Many of the species are popular for aquaria, species in the genus ''Sewellia'' are most commonly sold in the aquaria trade. They have a number of similarities with the Cobitidae, their sibling family of "loaches", such as multiple barbels around the mouth. They should not be confused with the loricariids, which look similar but are a family of catfish. Most species are rheophilic, living in swift, clear and well-oxygenated streams. Several species of the family live in fast-flowing streams or torrents and have modified ventral fins used for clinging to rocks. The subfamily Nemacheilinae has recently been separated as a distinct family, Nemacheilidae (stone loaches) and several genera have been separated into the family Gastromyzontidae The Gast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbucca
''Barbucca'' is a genus of loaches native to Southeast Asia. It is currently the only genus in its family. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Barbucca diabolica'' T. R. Roberts, 1989 * '' Barbucca elongata'' Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2013Vasil'eva, E.D. & Vasil'ev, V.P. (2013): ДВА НОВЫХ ВИДА КАРПООБРАЗНЫХ РЫБ ИЗ ФАУНЫ ОСТРОВА ФУКУОК, СИАМСКИЙ ЗАЛИВ, ВЬЕТНАМ. ''Voprosy ikhtiologii, 53 (3): 269-277.'' References Barbuccidae {{Cypriniformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botiidae
Botiidae is a family of cypriniform ray-finned fishes from South, Southeast, and East Asia. Until recently they were placed in the true loach family Cobitidae, until Maurice Kottelat revised the loaches and re-elevated this taxon to family rank in 2012.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'', Supplement No. 26: 1-199. The family includes about 56 species. The Botiids are more robust than most of their relatives in Cobitidae and tend to have a more or less arched back, yielding an altogether more fusiform shape. Botiids typically have a pointed snout of intermediate length, while many cobitids are remarkably stub-nosed. Botiids are generally fairly small, with maximum lengths between depending on the species involved, although ''Leptobotia elongata'' reaches (''Chromobotia macracanthus'' has been claimed to reach a similar size, but this would be exceptional). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serpenticobitidae , 1998
''Serpenticobitis'', popularly known as serpent loaches, is a small genus of loaches found in the Mekong River Basin in Southeast Asia. It is the only genus in the family Serpenticobitidae. Species * '' Serpenticobitis cingulata'' T. R. Roberts, 1997 * '' Serpenticobitis octozona'' T. R. Roberts, 1997 * '' Serpenticobitis zonata'' Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ... References Serpenticobitidae Fish of Asia {{Cypriniformes-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellopostomatidae
''Ellopostoma'' is a small genus of loaches native to Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin .... This is the only genus in the family Ellopostomatidae, having been confirmed as being in a family of its own by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012.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.'' Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Ellopostoma megalomycter'' ( Vaillant, 1902) * '' Ellopostoma mystax'' H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2002 (enigmatic loach) References Ellopostomatidae Fish of Asia {{Cypriniformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanichthyidae
''Tanichthys'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and Vietnam. Until recently, the type species, ''T. albonubes,'' was the only one known. In 2001, however, Freyhof and Herder described a new and very similar species, ''T. micagemmae,'' from the Ben Hai River in Vietnam and V. H. Nguyen & S. V. Ngô described a third species from Vietnam. The name ''Tanichthys'' comes from the name of the Chinese Boy Scout leader, Tan, who discovered the first specimen. Species * ''Tanichthys albiventris'' F. Li, T. Y. Liao, J. Bohlen, Z. X. Shen, L. J. Zhao & S. Li, 2022 * ''Tanichthys albonubes'' S. Y. Lin, 1932 (White cloud mountain minnow) * ''Tanichthys flavianalis'' F. Li, T. Y. Liao, J. Bohlen, Z. X. Shen, L. J. Zhao & S. Li, 2022 * ''Tanichthys kuehnei'' Bohlen, Dvorák, Ha & Šlechtová, 2019 (Lemon white cloud) * ''Tanichthys micagemmae'' Freyhof & Herder, 2001 (Vietnamese cardinal min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenocyprididae
Xenocyprinae, is a contentious subfamily of the family Cyprinidae, the carp and minnow family, originally from eastern Asia. Genera The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' assigns the follow general to this subfamily: *''Aristichthys'' Oshima, 1919 *''Hypophthalmichthys ''Bleeker, 1860 *''Xenocypris'' Günther, 1868 The taxonomy of the Cyprinids is somewhat contentious and other authorities differ with the above, for example the following genera are assigned to the subfamily Xenocyprinae on Fishbase or the 2018 phylogenetic study: *''Distoechodon'' Peters, 1881 *''Hypophthalmichthys'' Bleeker, 1860 *''Metzia'' Jordan & Thompson, 1914 *'' Plagiognathops'' Berg, 1907 *''Pseudobrama'' Bleeker, 1870 *''Xenocypris'' Günther, 1868 Taxonomy Cyprinidae is a large, widespread and diverse family of, mainly, freshwater ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
