Nemacheilus

Nemacheilus
Barred Loach (N. fasciatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Nemacheilus Bleeker, 1863

N. jaklesii

Nemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia.

Species

There are currently 33 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Nemacheilus anguilla Annandale, 1919 (incertae sedis, most likely in this genus)
• Nemacheilus arenicolus Kottelat, 1998
• Nemacheilus banar Freyhof & Serov, 2001
• Nemacheilus binotatus H. M. Smith, 1933
• Nemacheilus chrysolaimos (Valenciennes, 1846)
• Nemacheilus cleopatra Freyhof & Serov, 2001
• Nemacheilus corica (F. Hamilton, 1822) (incertae sedis, most likely in this genus)
• Nemacheilus elegantissimus P. K. Chin & Samat, 1992
• Nemacheilus fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1846) (Barred loach)
• Nemacheilus jaklesii (Bleeker, 1852) (species inquirenda in this genus)
• Nemacheilus kaimurensis Husain & Tilak, 1998 (incertae sedis, most likely in this genus)
• Nemacheilus kapuasensis Kottelat, 1984
• Nemacheilus longipectoralis Popta, 1905
• Nemacheilus longipinnis C. G. E. Ahl, 1922
• Nemacheilus longistriatus Kottelat, 1990
• Nemacheilus marang Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2010
• Nemacheilus masyai H. M. Smith, 1933 (Arrow loach)
• Nemacheilus monilis Hora, 1921 (incertae sedis, most likely in this genus)
• Nemacheilus olivaceus Boulenger, 1894
• Nemacheilus ornatus Kottelat, 1990
• Nemacheilus pallidus Kottelat, 1990
• Nemacheilus papillos H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2009
• Nemacheilus papillosus (Perugia, 1893) (species inquirenda in this genus)
• Nemacheilus paucimaculatus Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2011^[2]
• Nemacheilus pfeifferae (Bleeker, 1853)
• Nemacheilus platiceps Kottelat, 1990
• Nemacheilus saravacensis Boulenger, 1894
• Nemacheilus selangoricus Duncker, 1904 (Grey-banded loach)
• Nemacheilus spiniferus Kottelat, 1984
• Nemacheilus stigmofasciatus Arunachalam & Muralidharan, 2009 (incertae sedis, most likely in this genus)
• Nemacheilus tebo Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009
• Nemacheilus troglocataractus Kottelat & Géry, 1989 (Blind cave loach)
• Nemacheilus tuberigum Hadiaty & Siebert, 2001

References

1. 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.
2. Bohlen, J. & Šlechtová, V. (2011): Nemacheilus paucimaculatus, a new species of loach from the southern Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59 (2): 201–204.