Claea Minibarba

Claea Minibarba
''Claea'' is a genus of stone loaches. Before recent expansion, it was formerly a monotypic genus. Other former members (''C. sonlaensis'' and ''C. trilineatus'') are now in ''Schistura''. The former subspecies ''C. d. microphthalma'' is now ''Triplophysa microphthalma'', along with ''Triplophysa niulanjiangensis'' The genus name is an allusion to Claea (mythology), Claea, an Oread mountain nymph from Greek mythology. Species There are currently four valid species: *''Claea dabryi'' *''Claea minibarba'' *''Claea scet'' *''Claea wulongensis'' References

Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat {{nemacheilidae-stub ...
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Maurice Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCommissioners: Dr Maurice Kottelat
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (accessed 2014)) is a

Swiss

ichthyologist

specializing in Eurasian freshwater fishes. Kottelat obtained a License in Sciences at the University of Neuchâtel in 1987 and in 1989 a doctoral degree from the

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