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Genus of fishes

Petruichthys
Lake Inle loach (Petruichthys brevis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Petruichthys
Menon, 1987
Type species
Nemachilus brevis
Boulenger, 1893

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.

Species

There are currently two recognised species in this genus:

P. salmonides has been regarded as a species inquirenda but Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes treats it as a valid recognised species within Petruichthys.

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nemacheilidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Petruichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  3. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
Taxon identifiers
Petruichthys
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