Indoreonectes Keralensis
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''Indoreonectes keralensis'' is a species of
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. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
in the genus ''
Indoreonectes ''Indoreonectes'' is a genus of stone loaches native to the Western Ghats in India. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Indoreonectes evezardi'' ( F. Day, 1872) * ''Indoreonectes keralensis'' (Rita & Nalbant ...
''.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.''
This small
stone loach The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus ''Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowin ...
is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to streams in the Western Ghats of India.


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Nemacheilidae Fish described in 1978 Taxa named by Teodor T. Nalbant {{Nemacheilidae-stub