Troglonectes

Troglonectes is a genus of troglobitic fish in the family Nemacheilidae, native to caves of Asia.[1] Fishbase and other authorities place these species in the genus Oreonectes.[2][3]

Troglonectes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Troglonectes C. G. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao & L. Tang, 2016
Type species
Oreonectes furcocaudalis Zhu & Cao 1987

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this proposed genus:

• Troglonectes acridorsalis (J. H. Lan, 2013) [4]
• Troglonectes barbatus (X. Gan, 2013) [4]
• Troglonectes elongatus (L. Tang, Y. H. Zhao & C. G. Zhang, 2012) [5]
• Troglonectes furcocaudalis (S. Q. Zhu & W. X. Cao, 1987)
• Troglonectes macrolepis (A. M. Huang, L. N. Du, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2009)
• Troglonectes microphthalmus (L. N. Du, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008)
• Troglonectes translucens (Z. L. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao & C. G. Zhang, 2006)

References

1. Zhang, C.-G. & Zhao, Y.-H. (2016). Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China. Science Press. p. 284. ISBN 9787030472106.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Oreonectes in FishBase. October 2017 version.
3. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
4. Lan, J.-H., Gan, X., Wu, T.-J. & Yang, J. (2013). Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press. p. 266. ISBN 9787030376589.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
5. 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.