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Lefua

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Lefua
Lefua echigonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Lefua
Herzenstein, 1888
Type species
Lefua pleskei
Herzenstein, 1888
Synonyms
  • Elxis Jordan & Fowler, 1903
  • Octonema Herzenstein, 1888

Lefua is a genus of stone loaches native to East Asia. Members of this genus possess barbels around their mouths (usually three pairs) and nostrils (usually one pair). They generally have column-shaped bodies and are good swimmers.[1]

Species

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There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2][1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nakajima, J. (2017). LOACHES OF JAPAN (Natural History and Culture) (3rd ed.). Yama-kei Publishers Co., Ltd. pp. 174–175.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Hosoya, K. (2019). Freshwater fish of Japan. Yama-kei Publishers Co., Ltd. pp. 210–212.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lefua". FishBase.