Petruichthys is a genus of stone loaches native to eastern Asia. The genus is not universally accepted as valid and the two species placed there have been placed in other genera.
| Petruichthys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Petruichthys Menon, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Nemachilus brevis Boulenger, 1893
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Species edit
There are currently two recognized species in this genus, though one is not as yet assignable to this genus with complete certainty:[1]
- Petruichthys brevis (Boulenger, 1893)
- Petruichthys salmonides (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1911) (species inquirenda and incertae sedis, probably in this genus)
References edit
- ^ 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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