Lefua

Lefua is a genus of stone loaches native to Eurasia.

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

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) (Eightbarbel loach)
  • Lefua echigonia D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1907
  • Lefua hoffmanni Herre, 1932
  • Lefua nikkonis (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
  • Lefua pleskei (Herzenstein, 1888)
  • Lefua sayu (Herre & S. Y. Lin, 1936)
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References
  1. 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.


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