Lepidocephalichthys

      Lepidocephalichthys
      Lepidocephalichthys guntea
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Animalia
      Phylum: Chordata
      Class: Actinopterygii
      Order: Cypriniformes
      Family: Cobitidae
      Genus: Lepidocephalichthys
      Bleeker, 1863
      Species

      See text.

      Lepidocephalichthys barbatuloides
      Lepidocephalichthys hasselti

      Lepidocephalichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.

      Species

      There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[1]

      • Lepidocephalichthys alkaia Havird & Page, 2010
      • Lepidocephalichthys annandalei B. L. Chaudhuri, 1912 (Annandale loach)
      • Lepidocephalichthys arunachalensis (A. K. Datta & Barman, 1984)
      • Lepidocephalichthys barbatuloides (Bleeker, 1851)
      • Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei (Blyth, 1860) (Burmese loach)
      • Lepidocephalichthys coromandelensis (Menon, 1992)
      • Lepidocephalichthys furcatus (de Beaufort, 1933)
      • Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis Pillai & Yazdani, 1976
      • Lepidocephalichthys guntea (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Guntea loach)
      • Lepidocephalichthys hasselti (Valenciennes, 1846)
      • Lepidocephalichthys irrorata Hora, 1921 (Loktak loach)
      • Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi (Deraniyagala, 1956) (Jonklaas' s loach)
      • Lepidocephalichthys kranos Havird & Page, 2010
      • Lepidocephalichthys lorentzi (M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
      • Lepidocephalichthys micropogon (Blyth, 1860)
      • Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846) (Common spiny loach)
      • Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum Kottelat & K. K. P. Lim, 1992
      • Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini Havird & Tangjitjaroen, 2010
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      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.
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