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Family: Nemacheilidae Brook loaches



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Schistura sombooni Asia 6.5 SL 1998
Schistura sonlaensis Asia 6.4 SL 2010
Schistura spekuli Asia 5.7 SL 2004
Schistura spiesi Asia 11.9 SL 2003
Schistura spiloptera Asia 5.2 SL 1846
Schistura spilota Asia 8.8 SL 1934
Schistura striata Asia 5 SL 1867
Schistura suber Asia 3.0 SL 2000
Schistura susannae Asia 5.2 SL 2001
Schistura tenebrosa Asia 4.6 SL 2012
Schistura tenura Asia 4.7 SL 2000
Schistura thanho Asia 8.3 SL 2001
Schistura thavonei Asia 4.8 SL 2017
Schistura tigrina Asia 9.4 SL 2005
Schistura tirapensis Asia 5.6 SL 1990
Schistura tizardi Asia 4.9 SL 2000
Schistura trilineata Asia 3.8 SL 2010
Schistura tubulinaris Asia 6.1 SL 1998
Schistura udomritthiruji Asia 4.8 SL 2010
Schistura vinciguerrae Asia 8 NG 1935
Schistura waltoni Asia 7.8 SL 1937
Schistura wanlainensis Asia 9.2 SL 2017
Schistura xhatensis Asia 3.9 SL 2000
Schistura yersini Asia 6.5 SL 2001
Schistura zonata Asia 1839
Sectoria atriceps Asia 4.3 SL 1945
Sectoria heterognathos Asia 10 SL 1999
Seminemacheilus dursunavsari Europe 7.6 SL 2020
Seminemacheilus ispartensis Southern pond loach Asia 8.3 SL 2007
Seminemacheilus lendlii Anatolian loach Asia 9 TL 1925
Speonectes tiomanensis Asia 5.8 SL 1990
Sphaerophysa dianchiensis Asia 1988
Sundoreonectes obesus Asia 10 TL 1902
Sundoreonectes sabanus Asia 1990
Traccatichthys bacmeensis Asia 2005
Traccatichthys pulcher Asia 12 TL 1927
Traccatichthys taeniatus Asia 10.5 SL 1936
Traccatichthys tuberculum Asia 8.8 SL 2012
Triplophysa alexandrae Asia 2001
Triplophysa aliensis Asia 10.4 SL 1979
Triplophysa alticeps Asia 9 TL 1888
Triplophysa altipinnis Asia 2003
Triplophysa aluensis Asia 8.3 SL 2000
Triplophysa angeli Asia 12.9 SL 1941
Triplophysa anterodorsalis Asia 9 TL 1989
Triplophysa aquaecaeruleae Asia 2001
Triplophysa arnoldii Asia 7 SL 2006
Triplophysa bashanensis Asia 10.7 SL 2009
Triplophysa bleekeri Asia 13.1 SL 1874
Triplophysa bombifrons Asia 22.5 TL 1888
Triplophysa brachyptera Asia 13.7 SL 1888
Triplophysa brahui Asia 1912
Triplophysa brevibarba Asia 1993
Triplophysa brevicauda Asia 8.3 SL 1888
Triplophysa cakaensis Asia 6.8 SL 1988
Triplophysa chandagaitensis Asia 2002
Triplophysa chondrostoma Asia 7.7 SL 1888
Triplophysa choprai Asia. 14 TL 1934
Triplophysa coniptera Europe and Former USSR 1954
Triplophysa crassicauda Asia 10.4 SL 1888
Triplophysa crassilabris Asia 1994
Triplophysa cuneicephala Asia 1931
Triplophysa dalaica Asia 1876
Triplophysa daochengensis Asia 9.8 SL 2016
Triplophysa daqiaoensis Asia 14.5 TL 1993
Triplophysa daryoae Asia 2022
Triplophysa dongganensis Asia 10.6 SL 2013
Triplophysa dorsalis Gray loach Former USSR (Ref. 1441). 13 TL 1872
Triplophysa edsinica Asia. 2003
Triplophysa eugeniae Asia 2002
Triplophysa farwelli Asia 1935
Triplophysa fengshanensis Asia 7.8 SL 2013
Triplophysa flavicorpus Asia 10.4 SL 2004
Triplophysa furva Asia 1992
Triplophysa fuxianensis Asia 8.4 SL 1990
Triplophysa gejiuensis Asia 5.2 SL 1979
Triplophysa gerzeensis Asia 1988
Triplophysa gracilis Asia 11 SL 1877
Triplophysa grahami Asia 9.1 SL 1906
Triplophysa griffithii Asia 8.3 TL 1868
Triplophysa gundriseri Asia 2002
Triplophysa hazaraensis Asia 1975
Triplophysa herzensteini Asia 9.5 SL 1909
Triplophysa hexiensis Asia 1988
Triplophysa heyangensis Asia 1992
Triplophysa hialmari Asia 2001
Triplophysa hsutschouensis Asia 7.4 SL 1933
Triplophysa huanjiangensis Asia 12.4 SL 2011
Triplophysa huapingensis Asia 6.3 SL 2012
Triplophysa hutjertjuensis Asia 1933
Triplophysa incipiens Asia 1888
Triplophysa intermedia Asia 1876
Triplophysa jianchuanensis Jianchuan stone loach Asia 4.5 SL 2010
Triplophysa jiarongensis Asia 6.4 TL 2012
Triplophysa kafirnigani Asia 1948
Triplophysa kashmirensis Asia 14.6 TL 1922
Triplophysa kaznakowi Asia 12.7 SL 2004
Triplophysa kullmanni Asia 1975
Triplophysa kungessana Asia 1879
Triplophysa labiata Plain thicklip loach Former USSR 23 TL 1874
Triplophysa lacusnigri Asia 1928
Triplophysa lacustris Asia 5.6 SL 1990
Triplophysa ladacensis Asia 10.5 SL 1868
Triplophysa langpingensis Asia 7.5 SL 2013
Triplophysa laterimaculata Asia 2007
Triplophysa laticeps Asia 5.3 TL 1997
Triplophysa leptosoma Asia 14.4 SL 1888
Triplophysa lihuensis Asia 6.2 SL 2012
Triplophysa lixianensis Asia 15.0 SL 2008
Triplophysa longianguis Asia 18.5 SL 1984
Triplophysa longibarbata Asia 5.5 SL 1998
Triplophysa longipectoralis Asia 5.2 SL 2009
Triplophysa longliensis Asia 10.1 SL 2012
Triplophysa luochengensis Asia 5.4 SL 2017
Triplophysa macrocephala Asia 7.7 SL 2012
Triplophysa macromaculata Asia 8.4 SL 1990
Triplophysa macrophthalma Asia 1985
Triplophysa markehenensis Asia 11.9 SL 1981
Triplophysa marmorata Asia 18.7 TL 1838
Triplophysa microphthalma Asia 6.6 SL 1879
Triplophysa microphysa Asia 1935
Triplophysa microps Asia 10.7 SL 1866
Triplophysa minuta Asia 6.6 SL 1966
Triplophysa minxianensis Asia 11.8 SL 1979
Triplophysa moquensis Asia 1994
Triplophysa nandanensis Asia 8.1 SL 1995
Triplophysa nanpanjiangensis Asia 9.4 SL 1988
Triplophysa nasalis Asia 1876
Triplophysa nasobarbatula Asia 4.1 SL 2001
Triplophysa naziri Asia 1963
Triplophysa ninglangensis Asia 7 SL 1988
Triplophysa nujiangensa Asia 7.3 SL 2004
Triplophysa obscura Asia 14.4 SL 1987
Triplophysa obtusirostra Asia 1988
Triplophysa orientalis Asia 16.8 TL 1888
Triplophysa papillosolabiata Asia 1879
Triplophysa pappenheimi Asia 18 TL 1935
Triplophysa paradoxa Asia 1955
Triplophysa parvus Asia 3.2 SL 2009
Triplophysa pedaschenkoi Asia 1931
Triplophysa polyfasciata Asia 1996
Triplophysa pseudoscleroptera Asia 13.9 SL 1981
Triplophysa pseudostenura Asia 16.4 SL 2012
Triplophysa qilianensis Asia 11.9 SL 2015
Triplophysa qiubeiensis Asia 9.2 SL 2008
Triplophysa robusta Asia 15.8 SL 1876
Triplophysa rosa Asia 5.6 SL 2005
Triplophysa rossoperegrinatorum Asia 2001
Triplophysa rotundiventris Asia 7.6 SL 1979
Triplophysa scapanognatha Asia 9.1 SL 2007
Triplophysa scleroptera Asia 22.3 TL 1888
Triplophysa sellaefer Asia 1925
Triplophysa sewerzowi Severtsov's loach Asia 4.1 SL 1938
Triplophysa shaanxiensis Asia 1987
Triplophysa shehensis Asia 13.6 SL 1987
Triplophysa shilinensis Asia 6.0 SL 1992
Triplophysa shiyangensis Asia 10.3 TL 1983
Triplophysa siluroides Asia 50 SL 1888
Triplophysa stenura Asia 13.8 SL 1888
Triplophysa stewarti Asia 20.8 SL 1922
Triplophysa stolickai Tibetan stone loach Asia 16.2 TL 1866
Triplophysa strauchii Spotted thicklip loach Former USSR 25 TL 1874
Triplophysa tanggulaensis Asia 1982
Triplophysa tenuicauda Asia 6 TL 1866
Triplophysa tenuis Asia 17 TL 1877
Triplophysa tianeensis Asia 6.1 SL 2004
Triplophysa tianlinensis Asia 8.6 SL 2016
Triplophysa tibetana Asia 13.9 SL 1905
Triplophysa trewavasae Asia 1990
Triplophysa turpanensis Asia 7.7 SL 1992
Triplophysa ulacholica Issyk-kul naked loach Asia 16 TL 1905
Triplophysa venusta Asia 1988
Triplophysa waisihani Asia 14.0 2008
Triplophysa wuweiensis Asia 6.1 SL 1974
Triplophysa xiangshuingensis Asia 10.9 2004
Triplophysa xiangxiensis Asia 10.0 SL 1986
Triplophysa xichangensis Asia 1989
Triplophysa xingshanensis Asia 1983
Triplophysa xiqiensis Asia 1996
Triplophysa yaopeizhii Asia 1995
Triplophysa yasinensis Asia 8.3 SL 1898
Triplophysa yunnanensis Asia 6.3 SL 1990
Triplophysa zaidamensis Asia 1876
Triplophysa zamegacephala Asia 15.3 SL 1985
Triplophysa zhaoi Asia 8 SL 2006
Triplophysa zhenfengensis Asia 2001
Troglocobitis starostini Asia 1983
Tuberoschistura baenzigeri Asia 4.2 SL 1983
Tuberoschistura cambodgiensis Asia 4 TL 1990
Turcinoemacheilus bahaii Asia 8.3 TL 2014
Turcinoemacheilus hafezi Asia 6.7 SL 2013
Turcinoemacheilus himalaya Asia 5.9 SL 2011
Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Kosswig’s loach Asia 5.3 SL 1964
Turcinoemacheilus minimus Ceyhan loach Asia 3.8 SL 2014
Turcinoemacheilus saadii Asia 6.4 SL 2014
Yunnanilus altus Asia 7.1 SL 1988
Yunnanilus analis Asia 1990
Yunnanilus bailianensis Asia 4 SL 2013
Yunnanilus bajiangensis Asia 6.5 2004
Yunnanilus beipanjiangensis Asia 7.3 SL 1994
Yunnanilus brevis Asia 6 NG 1893
Yunnanilus caohaiensis Asia 1992
Yunnanilus chui Asia 4.1 SL 1991
Yunnanilus cruciatus Asia 3.4 SL 1944
Yunnanilus discoloris Asia 1989
Yunnanilus elakatis Asia 1989
Yunnanilus forkicaudalis Asia 1999
Yunnanilus ganheensis Asia 4.4 SL 2009
Yunnanilus jinxiensis Asia 7.2 SL 2009
Yunnanilus longibarbatus Asia 5.8 SL 2007
Yunnanilus longibulla Asia 1990
Yunnanilus longidorsalis Asia 2000
Yunnanilus macrogaster Asia 7.1 SL 1988
Yunnanilus macrolepis Asia 2000
Yunnanilus macrositanus Asia 1999
Yunnanilus nanpanjiangensis Asia 7.6 SL 1994
Yunnanilus niger Asia 6.3 SL 1988
Yunnanilus nigromaculatus Asia 7.7 SL 1904
Yunnanilus niulanensis Asia 5.5 SL 2012
Yunnanilus obtusirostris Asia 1995
Yunnanilus pachycephalus Asia 8.3 SL 1988
Yunnanilus paludosus Asia 8.0 SL 1988
Yunnanilus parvus Asia 3.8 SL 1988
Yunnanilus pleurotaenia Asia 6.5 SL 1904
Yunnanilus pulcherrimus Asia 5.8 SL 2004
Yunnanilus sichuanensis Asia 6.6 TL 1995
Yunnanilus spanisbripes Asia 7.5 SL 2009
Yunnanilus tigerivinus Asia 6 SL 1999
Yunnanilus yangzonghaiensis Asia 1989



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