genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
in the
family
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Nemacheilidae
The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, ''Afronemacheilus'' found in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous ...
native to
Europe
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and
Asia
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cavefish
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, which only was discovered in the
Danube
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–
Aachtopf
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system in Germany in 2015.
''Barbatula'' formerly included many more species, but these have been moved to other genera, notably ''
Oxynoemacheilus
''Oxynoemacheilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Europe and Western Asia
West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other i ...
''.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Barbatula altayensis
''Barbatula altayensis'' is one of seventeen species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Barbatula
''Barbatula'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: ...
Barbatula barbatula
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 ...
'' (
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758) (Stone loach)
* ''
Barbatula cobdonensis
''Barbatula cobdonensis'' is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This loach is found in the lakes Khintiktig-Khol and Ak-Khol and in the Mogen-Buren River all within the drainage bas ...
Barbatula compressirostris
''Barbatula compressirostris'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Barbatula''. It is native to the Khovd River
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Barbatula conilobus
''Barbatula conilobus'' is a species of stone loach in the family ''Nemacheilidae
The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, ''Afronemacheilus'' ...
''
Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...
, 2016
* ''
Barbatula dgebuadzei
''Barbatula dgebuadzei'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Barbatula'', which belongs to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This loach is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined ...
'' (
Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...
, 2003)
* ''
Barbatula dsapchynensis
''Barbatula dsapchynensis'' is a species of stone loach in the family ''Nemacheilidae''. It is native to Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It cove ...
'' Prokofiev, 2016
* ''
Barbatula emuensis
''Barbatula'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. ...
Barbatula gibba
''Barbatula'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin ...
Causse
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&
E. Zhang
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, 2012
* ''
Barbatula golubtsovi
''Barbatula'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. ...
'' (
Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...
Denys
Denys () is both a form of the given name Denis and a patronymic surname. Amongst others, it is a transliteration of the common Ukrainian name ''Денис''. Closely related forms are ''Denijs'' and ''Dénys''. Notable people with the name includ ...
Barbatula nuda
''Barbatula nuda'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Barbatula'', which belongs to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This loach is found in the Liao and Taizi River drainages in northern China and in northern North Korea. ...
'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Barbatula oreas'' (
D. S. Jordan
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Barbatula potaninorum
''Barbatula potaninorum'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Barbatula'', which belongs to the family Nemacheilidae
The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly i ...
'' (Prokofiev, 2007)
* ''
Barbatula quignardi
''Barbatula quignardi'', the Languedoc stone loach or Les stone loach,, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Barbatula'', which belongs to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This loach is found in the drainage of Ebro, Bidaso ...
Barbatula restricta
''Barbatula'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. ...
'' Prokofiev, 2015
* ''
Barbatula sawadai
''Barbatula sawadai'' is a species of stone loach in the family ''Nemacheilidae''. It is native to the Selenga River basin in Mongolia and Russia
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Steindachner
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Barbatula zetensis
''Barbatula zetensis'', also known as the Zeta stone loach, is a species of Cypriniformes fish in the genus ''Barbatula''. It is found in the drainage of the River Morača in the Lake Skadar basin in Montenegro. It is common in streams and rivers ...