| Troglonectes elongatus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Troglonectes |
| Species: | T. elongatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Troglonectes elongatus (L. Tang, Y. H. Zhao & C. G. Zhang, 2012) | |
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Troglonectes elongatus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacehilidae, the stone loaches. It inhabits Guangxi, China and has 9 dorsal soft rays, 7 anal soft rays and 38 or 39 vertebrae. Unsexed males have a maximum length of 7.8 centimetres (3.1 in) and it is considered harmless to humans. It has not been evaluated on the IUCN Red List and was described by Tang, Zhao and Zhang in 2012.
References
- Cao, L. (2024). "Troglonectes elongatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T212911600A212911603. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Troglonectes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreonectes elongatus". FishBase. July 2021 version.
- Tang, L.; Zhao, Y. & Zhang, C. (2012). "A new blind loach, Oreonectes elongatus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 93 (4): 483–490. doi:10.1007/s10641-011-9943-7.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Oreonectes elongatus | |
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