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Oreonectes

Oreonectes is a genus of fish that belongs to the family Nemacheilidae. They are found in the rivers and caves of Asia with many of these species being troglobitic.

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Oreonectes
Oreonectes daqikongensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oreonectes
Günther, 1868
Type species
Oreonectes platycephalus
Günther, 1868
Synonyms

Oreonectes is a genus of fish that belongs to the family Nemacheilidae. They are found in the rivers and caves of Asia with many of these species being troglobitic.12

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:3

References

References

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  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oreonectes". FishBase. February 2024 version.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oreonectes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. Xiao, N.; Zhou, J.; Deng, H.; Wen, H. (2016). "A new blind species of the cave genus Oreonectes from Guizhou, China (Nemacheilinae)". ZooKeys (637): 47–59. Bibcode:2016ZooK..637...47D. doi:10.3897/zookeys.637.10202. PMC 5240121. PMID 28138274.
  5. Yang, Q., Wei, M.-l., Lan, J.-h. & Yang, Q. (2011): A New Species of the Genus Oreonectes (Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 29 (1): 72-75.
  6. Chen, Zhuo-Ni; Huang, Shi-Rong; Zou, Tong-Xiang; Du, Li-Na; Lin, Feng (2026-01-13). "Description of a new species of Oreonectes (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Guangxi, China". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 102 (1): 119–130. doi:10.3897/zse.102.172439. ISSN 1860-0743.
  7. Yang, J.; Wu, T.-J.; Wei, R.-F. & Yang, J.-X. (2011). "A new loach, Oreonectes luochengensis sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China". Zoological Research. 32 (2): 208–211. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1141.2011.02208 (inactive 22 May 2026). PMID 21509968.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2026 (link)
  8. Luo, Tao; Ling, Wen-Qing; Cao, Hai-Lin; Zhou, Jiang; Huang, Guang-Ping (2026-05-14). "A new endemic species Oreonectes weii sp. nov. (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) within the Yangtze River Basin and its monsoon-driven evolutionary diversification". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 102 (3): 751–765. doi:10.3897/zse.102.186155. ISSN 1860-0743.
  9. Lan, C.-T., Luo, T., Zhao, X.-R., Yu, J., Xiao, N., & Zhou, J. (2024). "Oreonectes yuedongensis (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new freshwater fish species from the Lianhua Mountains in eastern Guangdong, China". Journal of Fish Biology. 105 (6): 1731–1746. Bibcode:2024JFBio.105.1731L. doi:10.1111/jfb.15909. PMID 39221706.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. Zhong, Jia-Hong; Yang, Jian; Mo, Hao-Lin; Chen, Wei-Cai (2024-09-10). "Description of a new species of the genus Oreonectes (Teleostei, Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Guangxi, China". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100 (4): 1259–1267. Bibcode:2024ZooEv.100.1259J. doi:10.3897/zse.100.125866. ISSN 1860-0743.