Petruichthys

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Petruichthys
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[edit]

There are currently two recognized species in this genus, though one is not as yet assignable to this genus with complete certainty:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.