''Annamia'' is a small genus of gastromyzontid
loach
Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species of C ...
es native to
Southeast Asia
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. There are two species, though one of them is of doubtful validity and identity:
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Annamia normani
''Annamia'' is a small genus of gastromyzontid loaches native to Southeast Asia. There are two species, though one of them is of doubtful validity and identity:
* '' Annamia normani'' ( Hora, 1931), found in the Mekong basin
* '' Annamia thuathie ...
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( Hora, 1931), found in the
Mekong
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basin
* ''
Annamia thuathienensis''
H. D. Nguyễn & V. H. Nguyễn, 2005, found in
Vietnam
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species inquirenda
In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century.
The term t ...
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References
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Gastromyzontidae
Fish of Asia
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