''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 ''Triplophysa microphthalma'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Triplophysa'', it is placed in the subgenus ''Labiatophysa'' which is regarded by some authorities as a valid genus.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventor ...

'', along with ''

Triplophysa niulanjiangensis ''Triplophysa niulanjiangensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus ''Schistura'' from the Yangtze drainage in Yunnan. It has been placed in the genus '' Claea'' by some authorities but this genus is listed as monotypic ...

'' 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.

Species

There are currently four valid species: *''

Claea dabryi ''Claea dabryi'' is a species of stone loach endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous ...

'' *''

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 ' ...

'' *'' Claea scet'' *'' Claea wulongensis''

References

Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat {{nemacheilidae-stub