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Mesonoemacheilus 
Summary
Mesonoemacheilus is a genus of stone loach endemic to India.
| Mesonoemacheilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Mesonoemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1982 |
All species are endemic to rivers draining the Western Ghats and the genus is separated from the closely-related Nemacheilus by members possessing two pairs of rostral barbels which are confluent at their bases vs. rostral barbels present but not confluent.[1]
Species edit
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Mesonoemacheilus herrei Nalbant & Bănărescu, 1982
- Mesonoemacheilus pambarensis (Rema Devi & Indra, 1994)
- Mesonoemacheilus remadeviae Shaji, 2002
References edit
- ^ "Species profile Mesonoemacheilus herrei". Seriously Fish.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Mesonoemacheilus in FishBase. February 2024 version.