The Starostin's loach (''Troglocobitis starostini'') is a species of
troglobitic 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 ...
endemic to
Turkmenistan.
It is the only known member of the
genus ''Troglocobitis'', but it has previously been included in the genus ''
Nemacheilus
''Nemacheilus'' is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia.
Species
There are currently 44 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Nemacheilus anguilla'' Annandale, 1919 (eel loach)
* '' Nemacheilus arenicolus'' Kottelat, 1998
* '' Nemacheil ...
''. It is the only
cavefish known from
Central Asia.
[Aldemaro, R., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes, p. 20. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ] The species
English vernacular name and
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
honour the
hydrobiologist
Hydrobiology is the science of life and life processes in water. Much of modern hydrobiology can be viewed as a sub-discipline of ecology but the sphere of hydrobiology includes taxonomy, economic and industrial biology, morphology, and physiolog ...
I. V. Starostin, who was a researcher of the inland waters of Turkmenistan.
References
Cave fish
Nemacheilidae
Fish described in 1983
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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