''Claea'' is a genus of stone loaches.
Before recent expansion, it was formerly a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genus. Other former members (''C. sonlaensis'' and ''C. trilineatus'') are now in ''
Schistura
''Schistura'' is a genus of fish in the stone loach family Nemacheilidae native to the streams and rivers of the southern and eastern Asia. Some of these species are troglobitic.
Species
There are currently over 200 recognized species in this g ...
''.
The former subspecies ''C. d. microphthalma'' is now ''
Triplophysa microphthalma'', along with ''
Triplophysa niulanjiangensis''
The genus name is an allusion to
Claea, an
Oread
In Greek mythology, Oreads (; ) or Orestiads (; ) are mountain nymphs. They are described as being companions of Artemis, or as being found alongside gods such as Pan (god), Pan or Dionysus.
A 2nd-century AD epigram relates that, with the help ...
mountain nymph from Greek mythology.
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Species
There are currently four valid species:
References
Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat
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